The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: add some new alloc functions to various tests
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
checkpatch-add-some-new-alloc-functions-to-various-tests.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-add-some-new-alloc-functions-to-various-tests.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-add-some-new-alloc-functions-to-various-tests.patch
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From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: add some new alloc functions to various tests
Many new generic allocation functions like the kvmalloc family have been
added recently to the kernel.
The allocation functions test now includes:
o kvmalloc and variants
o kstrdup_const
o kmemdup_nul
o dma_alloc_coherent
o alloc_skb and variants
Add a separate $allocFunctions variable to help make the allocation
functions test a bit more readable.
Miscellanea:
o Use $allocFunctions in the unnecessary OOM message test and
add exclude uses with __GFP_NOWARN
o Use $allocFunctions in the unnecessary cast test
o Add the kvmalloc family to the preferred sizeof alloc style
foo = kvmalloc(sizeof(*foo), ...)
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/a5e60a2b93e10baf84af063f6c8e56402273105d.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 19 +++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-some-new-alloc-functions-to-various-tests
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -466,6 +466,16 @@ our $logFunctions = qr{(?x:
seq_vprintf|seq_printf|seq_puts
)};
+our $allocFunctions = qr{(?x:
+ (?:(?:devm_)?
+ (?:kv|k|v)[czm]alloc(?:_node|_array)? |
+ kstrdup(?:_const)? |
+ kmemdup(?:_nul)?) |
+ (?:\w+)?alloc_skb(?:ip_align)? |
+ # dev_alloc_skb/netdev_alloc_skb, et al
+ dma_alloc_coherent
+)};
+
our $signature_tags = qr{(?xi:
Signed-off-by:|
Co-developed-by:|
@@ -5555,7 +5565,8 @@ sub process {
my ($s, $c) = ctx_statement_block($linenr - 3, $realcnt, 0);
# print("line: <$line>\nprevline: <$prevline>\ns: <$s>\nc: <$c>\n\n\n");
- if ($s =~ /(?:^|\n)[ \+]\s*(?:$Type\s*)?\Q$testval\E\s*=\s*(?:\([^\)]*\)\s*)?\s*(?:devm_)?(?:[kv][czm]alloc(?:_node|_array)?\b|kstrdup|kmemdup|(?:dev_)?alloc_skb)/) {
+ if ($s =~ /(?:^|\n)[ \+]\s*(?:$Type\s*)?\Q$testval\E\s*=\s*(?:\([^\)]*\)\s*)?\s*$allocFunctions\s*\(/ &&
+ $s !~ /\b__GFP_NOWARN\b/ ) {
WARN("OOM_MESSAGE",
"Possible unnecessary 'out of memory' message\n" . $hereprev);
}
@@ -6206,8 +6217,8 @@ sub process {
}
}
-# check for pointless casting of kmalloc return
- if ($line =~ /\*\s*\)\s*[kv][czm]alloc(_node){0,1}\b/) {
+# check for pointless casting of alloc functions
+ if ($line =~ /\*\s*\)\s*$allocFunctions\b/) {
WARN("UNNECESSARY_CASTS",
"unnecessary cast may hide bugs, see http://c-faq.com/malloc/mallocnocast.html\n"; . $herecurr);
}
@@ -6215,7 +6226,7 @@ sub process {
# alloc style
# p = alloc(sizeof(struct foo), ...) should be p = alloc(sizeof(*p), ...)
if ($perl_version_ok &&
- $line =~ /\b($Lval)\s*\=\s*(?:$balanced_parens)?\s*([kv][mz]alloc(?:_node)?)\s*\(\s*(sizeof\s*\(\s*struct\s+$Lval\s*\))/) {
+ $line =~ /\b($Lval)\s*\=\s*(?:$balanced_parens)?\s*((?:kv|k|v)[mz]alloc(?:_node)?)\s*\(\s*(sizeof\s*\(\s*struct\s+$Lval\s*\))/) {
CHK("ALLOC_SIZEOF_STRUCT",
"Prefer $3(sizeof(*$1)...) over $3($4...)\n" . $herecurr);
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are
checkpatch-dont-interpret-stack-dumps-as-commit-ids.patch
checkpatch-verify-spdx-comment-style.patch
checkpatch-add-some-new-alloc-functions-to-various-tests.patch
