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| author | Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> | 2012-01-10 15:09:57 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-01-10 16:30:50 -0800 |
| commit | 554e165cf32610ec9596a183fa1b54a5707fc3cb (patch) | |
| tree | 027354f186b71c033929a5ecf8df80f131c9ce7b /scripts | |
| parent | f74bd1942e04a0cedd1e9c8b331141e75add49c0 (diff) | |
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checkpatch: check for common memset parameter issues against statments
Move the memset checks over to work against the statement. Also add
checks for 0 and 1 used as lengths. Generally these indicate badly
ordered parameters.
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 28 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 06e22caa569..8199d59d0ad 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3120,6 +3120,28 @@ sub process { "Avoid line continuations in quoted strings\n" . $herecurr); } +# Check for misused memsets + if (defined $stat && $stat =~ /\bmemset\s*\((.*)\)/s) { + my $args = $1; + + # Flatten any parentheses and braces + while ($args =~ s/\([^\(\)]*\)/10/s || + $args =~ s/\{[^\{\}]*\}/10/s || + $args =~ s/\[[^\[\]]*\]/10/s) + { + } + # Extract the simplified arguments. + my ($ms_addr, $ms_val, $ms_size) = + split(/\s*,\s*/, $args); + if ($ms_size =~ /^(0x|)0$/i) { + ERROR("MEMSET", + "memset size is 3rd argument, not the second.\n" . $herecurr); + } elsif ($ms_size =~ /^(0x|)1$/i) { + WARN("MEMSET", + "single byte memset is suspicious. Swapped 2nd/3rd argument?\n" . $herecurr); + } + } + # check for new externs in .c files. if ($realfile =~ /\.c$/ && defined $stat && $stat =~ /^.\s*(?:extern\s+)?$Type\s+($Ident)(\s*)\(/s) @@ -3291,12 +3313,6 @@ sub process { WARN("EXPORTED_WORLD_WRITABLE", "Exporting world writable files is usually an error. Consider more restrictive permissions.\n" . $herecurr); } - - # Check for memset with swapped arguments - if ($line =~ /memset.*\,(\ |)(0x|)0(\ |0|)\);/) { - ERROR("MEMSET", - "memset size is 3rd argument, not the second.\n" . $herecurr); - } } # If we have no input at all, then there is nothing to report on |