From a640d25cead66457ac14a878234f8b323ba8aade Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 15:05:21 -0700 Subject: checkpatch: add --strict preference for p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p)... Add another test for memory allocation style to follow Documentation/CodingStyle: Chapter 14: Allocating memory The preferred form for passing a size of a struct is the following: p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p), ...); Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'scripts') diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 517da26d9a2d..6185eb67df94 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*,/) { -- cgit v1.2.3