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authorDmitry Torokhov <[email protected]>2011-01-31 21:16:22 -0800
committerDmitry Torokhov <[email protected]>2011-01-31 21:16:22 -0800
commita1f3d4bba8ea395a39d34ade6017afee8be16031 (patch)
tree874d843d35622f17aa6c3e048e42cf0d679bcb75 /scripts/checkpatch.pl
parent723d928417bffff6467da155d8ebbbe016464012 (diff)
parentebf53826e105f488f4f628703a108e98940d1dc5 (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.38-rc3' into next
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl')
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl19
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