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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 517da26d9a2..6185eb67df9 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3507,6 +3507,14 @@ sub process { "unnecessary cast may hide bugs, see http://c-faq.com/malloc/mallocnocast.html\n" . $herecurr); } +# alloc style +# p = alloc(sizeof(struct foo), ...) should be p = alloc(sizeof(*p), ...) + if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 && + $line =~ /\b($Lval)\s*\=\s*(?:$balanced_parens)?\s*([kv][mz]alloc(?:_node)?)\s*\(\s*(sizeof\s*\(\s*struct\s+$Lval\s*\))/) { + CHK("ALLOC_SIZEOF_STRUCT", + "Prefer $3(sizeof(*$1)...) over $3($4...)\n" . $herecurr); + } + # check for krealloc arg reuse if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 && $line =~ /\b($Lval)\s*\=\s*(?:$balanced_parens)?\s*krealloc\s*\(\s*\1\s*,/) { |