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authorPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2022-04-06 14:27:52 +0200
committerPaolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>2022-05-12 12:07:05 +0200
commitdfdb4f3c28737879685398c4a610a220e1ecf9c2 (patch)
tree4084a329f1bb8d72bf1e31f8eea4eb0de75c86d8 /scripts/checkpatch.pl
parent798d8ec0dacd4cc0034298d94f430c14f23e2919 (diff)
checkpatch: fix g_malloc check
Use the string equality operator "eq", and ensure that $1 is defined by using "(try|)" instead of "(try)?". The alternative "((?:try)?)" is longer and less readable. Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl')
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 4763d02ae7..d900d18048 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2831,8 +2831,8 @@ sub process {
}
# check for pointless casting of g_malloc return
- if ($line =~ /\*\s*\)\s*g_(try)?(m|re)alloc(0?)(_n)?\b/) {
- if ($2 == 'm') {
+ if ($line =~ /\*\s*\)\s*g_(try|)(m|re)alloc(0?)(_n)?\b/) {
+ if ($2 eq 'm') {
ERROR("unnecessary cast may hide bugs, use g_$1new$3 instead\n" . $herecurr);
} else {
ERROR("unnecessary cast may hide bugs, use g_$1renew$3 instead\n" . $herecurr);