The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch.pl: warn on duplicate sysctl local variable
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
checkpatchpl-warn-on-duplicate-sysctl-local-variable.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatchpl-warn-on-duplicate-sysctl-local-variable.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatchpl-warn-on-duplicate-sysctl-local-variable.patch
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From: Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch.pl: warn on duplicate sysctl local variable
d91bff3011cf ("proc/sysctl: add shared variables for range check") adds
some shared const variables to be used instead of a local copy in each
source file. Warn when a chunk duplicates one of these values in a
ctl_table struct:
$ scripts/checkpatch.pl 0001-test-commit.patch
WARNING: duplicated sysctl range checking value 'zero', consider using the shared one in include/linux/sysctl.h
#27: FILE: arch/arm/kernel/isa.c:48:
+ .extra1 = &zero,
WARNING: duplicated sysctl range checking value 'int_max', consider using the shared one in include/linux/sysctl.h
#28: FILE: arch/arm/kernel/isa.c:49:
+ .extra2 = &int_max,
total: 0 errors, 2 warnings, 14 lines checked
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190531131422.14970-1-mcroce@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Matteo Croce <mcroce@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Aaron Tomlin <atomlin@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatchpl-warn-on-duplicate-sysctl-local-variable
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6639,6 +6639,12 @@ sub process {
"unknown module license " . $extracted_string . "\n" . $herecurr);
}
}
+
+# check for sysctl duplicate constants
+ if ($line =~ /\.extra[12]\s*=\s*&(zero|one|int_max)\b/) {
+ WARN("DUPLICATED_SYSCTL_CONST",
+ "duplicated sysctl range checking value '$1', consider using the shared one in include/linux/sysctl.h\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
}
# If we have no input at all, then there is nothing to report on
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from mcroce@xxxxxxxxxx are
proc-sysctl-add-shared-variables-for-range-check.patch
checkpatchpl-warn-on-duplicate-sysctl-local-variable.patch
