The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: improve ALLOC_ARRAY_ARGS test
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
checkpatch-improve-alloc_array_args-test.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-improve-alloc_array_args-test.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-improve-alloc_array_args-test.patch
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From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: improve ALLOC_ARRAY_ARGS test
The devm_ variant of 'kcalloc()' and 'kmalloc_array()' are not tested
Add the corresponding check.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/205fc4847972fb6779abcc8818f39c14d1b45af1.1618595794.git.christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-improve-alloc_array_args-test
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6911,7 +6911,7 @@ sub process {
}
# check for alloc argument mismatch
- if ($line =~ /\b(kcalloc|kmalloc_array)\s*\(\s*sizeof\b/) {
+ if ($line =~ /\b((?:devm_)?(?:kcalloc|kmalloc_array))\s*\(\s*sizeof\b/) {
WARN("ALLOC_ARRAY_ARGS",
"$1 uses number as first arg, sizeof is generally wrong\n" . $herecurr);
}
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx are
checkpatch-improve-alloc_array_args-test.patch
