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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 19 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index e3c7fc0dca38..4c0383da1c9a 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ sub annotate_values { $av_preprocessor = 0; } - } elsif ($cur =~ /^(\(\s*$Type\s*)\)/) { + } elsif ($cur =~ /^(\(\s*$Type\s*)\)/ && $av_pending eq '_') { print "CAST($1)\n" if ($dbg_values > 1); push(@av_paren_type, $type); $type = 'C'; @@ -2743,6 +2743,11 @@ sub process { WARN("plain inline is preferred over $1\n" . $herecurr); } +# Check for __attribute__ packed, prefer __packed + if ($line =~ /\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(.*\bpacked\b/) { + WARN("__packed is preferred over __attribute__((packed))\n" . $herecurr); + } + # check for sizeof(&) if ($line =~ /\bsizeof\s*\(\s*\&/) { WARN("sizeof(& should be avoided\n" . $herecurr); @@ -2785,10 +2790,15 @@ sub process { } # check for pointless casting of kmalloc return - if ($line =~ /\*\s*\)\s*k[czm]alloc\b/) { + if ($line =~ /\*\s*\)\s*[kv][czm]alloc(_node){0,1}\b/) { WARN("unnecessary cast may hide bugs, see http://c-faq.com/malloc/mallocnocast.html\n" . $herecurr); } +# check for multiple semicolons + if ($line =~ /;\s*;\s*$/) { + WARN("Statements terminations use 1 semicolon\n" . $herecurr); + } + # check for gcc specific __FUNCTION__ if ($line =~ /__FUNCTION__/) { WARN("__func__ should be used instead of gcc specific __FUNCTION__\n" . $herecurr); @@ -2892,6 +2902,11 @@ sub process { ERROR("lockdep_no_validate class is reserved for device->mutex.\n" . $herecurr); } } + + if ($line =~ /debugfs_create_file.*S_IWUGO/ || + $line =~ /DEVICE_ATTR.*S_IWUGO/ ) { + WARN("Exporting world writable files is usually an error. Consider more restrictive permissions.\n" . $herecurr); + } } # If we have no input at all, then there is nothing to report on |