Add a Coccinelle file to use the ERR_CAST function Before the release 2.6.25, one had to use ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(...)) to convert the pointer type of an error. Since then, the function ERR_CAST has been available for that purpose. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Palix <npalix@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <julia@xxxxxxx> --- scripts/coccinelle/err_cast.cocci | 56 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 scripts/coccinelle/err_cast.cocci diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/err_cast.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/err_cast.cocci new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2ce1150 --- /dev/null +++ b/scripts/coccinelle/err_cast.cocci @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +/// +/// Use ERR_CAST inlined function instead of ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(...)) +/// +// Confidence: High +// Copyright: (C) 2009, 2010 Nicolas Palix, DIKU. GPLv2. +// Copyright: (C) 2009, 2010 Julia Lawall, DIKU. GPLv2. +// Copyright: (C) 2009, 2010 Gilles Muller, INRIA/LiP6. GPLv2. +// URL: http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/ +// Options: +// +// Keywords: ERR_PTR, PTR_ERR, ERR_CAST +// Version min: 2.6.25 +// + +virtual context +virtual patch +virtual org +virtual report + + +@ depends on context && !patch && !org && !report@ +expression x; +@@ + +* ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(x)) + +@ depends on !context && patch && !org && !report @ +expression x; +@@ + +- ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(x)) ++ ERR_CAST(x) + +@r depends on !context && !patch && (org || report)@ +expression x; +position p; +@@ + + ERR_PTR@p(PTR_ERR(x)) + +@script:python depends on org@ +p << r.p; +x << r.x; +@@ + +msg="WARNING ERR_CAST can be used with %s" % (x) +msg_safe=msg.replace("[","@(").replace("]",")") +coccilib.org.print_todo(p[0], msg_safe) + +@script:python depends on report@ +p << r.p; +x << r.x; +@@ + +msg="WARNING: ERR_CAST can be used with %s" % (x) +coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], msg) -- 1.7.0.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html