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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/alloc_cast.cocci')
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1 files changed, 72 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/alloc_cast.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/alloc_cast.cocci new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6c308ee19b32 --- /dev/null +++ b/scripts/coccinelle/api/alloc/alloc_cast.cocci @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ +/// Remove casting the values returned by memory allocation functions +/// like kmalloc, kzalloc, kmem_cache_alloc, kmem_cache_zalloc etc. +/// +//# This makes an effort to find cases of casting of values returned by +//# kmalloc, kzalloc, kcalloc, kmem_cache_alloc, kmem_cache_zalloc, +//# kmem_cache_alloc_node, kmalloc_node and kzalloc_node and removes +//# the casting as it is not required. The result in the patch case may +//#need some reformatting. +// +// Confidence: High +// Copyright: 2014, Himangi Saraogi GPLv2. +// Comments: +// Options: --no-includes --include-headers +// + +virtual context +virtual patch +virtual org +virtual report + +//---------------------------------------------------------- +// For context mode +//---------------------------------------------------------- + +@depends on context@ +type T; +@@ + +* (T *) + \(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmem_cache_alloc\|kmem_cache_zalloc\| + kmem_cache_alloc_node\|kmalloc_node\|kzalloc_node\)(...) + +//---------------------------------------------------------- +// For patch mode +//---------------------------------------------------------- + +@depends on patch@ +type T; +@@ + +- (T *) + (\(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmem_cache_alloc\|kmem_cache_zalloc\| + kmem_cache_alloc_node\|kmalloc_node\|kzalloc_node\)(...)) + +//---------------------------------------------------------- +// For org and report mode +//---------------------------------------------------------- + +@r depends on org || report@ +type T; +position p; +@@ + + (T@p *)\(kmalloc\|kzalloc\|kcalloc\|kmem_cache_alloc\|kmem_cache_zalloc\| + kmem_cache_alloc_node\|kmalloc_node\|kzalloc_node\)(...) + +@script:python depends on org@ +p << r.p; +t << r.T; +@@ + +coccilib.org.print_safe_todo(p[0], t) + +@script:python depends on report@ +p << r.p; +t << r.T; +@@ + +msg="WARNING: casting value returned by memory allocation function to (%s *) is useless." % (t) +coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], msg) + + |