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1 files changed, 60 insertions, 81 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 7f0aae977d..f553082b14 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -152,33 +152,18 @@ our $Sparse = qr{
}x;
# Notes to $Attribute:
-# We need \b after 'init' otherwise 'initconst' will cause a false positive in a check
our $Attribute = qr{
const|
- __percpu|
- __nocast|
- __safe|
- __bitwise__|
- __packed__|
- __packed2__|
- __naked|
- __maybe_unused|
- __always_unused|
- __noreturn|
- __used|
- __cold|
- __noclone|
- __deprecated|
- __read_mostly|
- __kprobes|
- __(?:mem|cpu|dev|)(?:initdata|initconst|init\b)|
- ____cacheline_aligned|
- ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp|
- ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp|
- __weak
+ volatile|
+ QEMU_NORETURN|
+ QEMU_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT|
+ QEMU_SENTINEL|
+ QEMU_ARTIFICIAL|
+ QEMU_PACKED|
+ GCC_FMT_ATTR
}x;
our $Modifier;
-our $Inline = qr{inline|__always_inline|noinline};
+our $Inline = qr{inline};
our $Member = qr{->$Ident|\.$Ident|\[[^]]*\]};
our $Lval = qr{$Ident(?:$Member)*};
@@ -1367,7 +1352,7 @@ sub process {
# Check for incorrect file permissions
if ($line =~ /^new (file )?mode.*[7531]\d{0,2}$/) {
my $permhere = $here . "FILE: $realfile\n";
- if ($realfile =~ /(Makefile|Kconfig|\.c|\.cpp|\.h|\.S|\.tmpl)$/) {
+ if ($realfile =~ /(\bMakefile(?:\.objs)?|\.c|\.cc|\.cpp|\.h|\.mak|\.[sS])$/) {
ERROR("do not set execute permissions for source files\n" . $permhere);
}
}
@@ -1947,9 +1932,14 @@ sub process {
ERROR("open brace '{' following $1 go on the same line\n" . $hereprev);
}
+# ... however, open braces on typedef lines should be avoided.
+ if ($line =~ /^.\s*typedef\s+(enum|union|struct)(?:\s+$Ident\b)?.*[^;]$/) {
+ ERROR("typedefs should be separate from struct declaration\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# missing space after union, struct or enum definition
if ($line =~ /^.\s*(?:typedef\s+)?(enum|union|struct)(?:\s+$Ident)?(?:\s+$Ident)?[=\{]/) {
- WARN("missing space after $1 definition\n" . $herecurr);
+ ERROR("missing space after $1 definition\n" . $herecurr);
}
# check for spacing round square brackets; allowed:
@@ -2267,7 +2257,7 @@ sub process {
if ($line =~ /^.\s*return\s*(E[A-Z]*)\s*;/) {
my $name = $1;
if ($name ne 'EOF' && $name ne 'ERROR') {
- CHK("return of an errno should typically be -ve (return -$1)\n" . $herecurr);
+ WARN("return of an errno should typically be -ve (return -$1)\n" . $herecurr);
}
}
@@ -2671,15 +2661,15 @@ sub process {
# warn about #if 0
if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if\s+0\b/) {
- CHK("if this code is redundant consider removing it\n" .
+ WARN("if this code is redundant consider removing it\n" .
$herecurr);
}
-# check for needless kfree() checks
+# check for needless g_free() checks
if ($prevline =~ /\bif\s*\(([^\)]*)\)/) {
my $expr = $1;
- if ($line =~ /\bkfree\(\Q$expr\E\);/) {
- WARN("kfree(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required\n" . $hereprev);
+ if ($line =~ /\bg_free\(\Q$expr\E\);/) {
+ WARN("g_free(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required\n" . $hereprev);
}
}
# check for needless usb_free_urb() checks
@@ -2726,14 +2716,16 @@ sub process {
}
}
# check for memory barriers without a comment.
- if ($line =~ /\b(mb|rmb|wmb|read_barrier_depends|smp_mb|smp_rmb|smp_wmb|smp_read_barrier_depends)\(/) {
+ if ($line =~ /\b(smp_mb|smp_rmb|smp_wmb|smp_read_barrier_depends)\(/) {
if (!ctx_has_comment($first_line, $linenr)) {
- CHK("memory barrier without comment\n" . $herecurr);
+ WARN("memory barrier without comment\n" . $herecurr);
}
}
# check of hardware specific defines
- if ($line =~ m@^.\s*\#\s*if.*\b(__i386__|__powerpc64__|__sun__|__s390x__)\b@ && $realfile !~ m@include/asm-@) {
- CHK("architecture specific defines should be avoided\n" . $herecurr);
+# we have e.g. CONFIG_LINUX and CONFIG_WIN32 for common cases
+# where they might be necessary.
+ if ($line =~ m@^.\s*\#\s*if.*\b__@) {
+ WARN("architecture specific defines should be avoided\n" . $herecurr);
}
# Check that the storage class is at the beginning of a declaration
@@ -2794,9 +2786,13 @@ sub process {
}
}
-# check for pointless casting of kmalloc return
- if ($line =~ /\*\s*\)\s*k[czm]alloc\b/) {
- WARN("unnecessary cast may hide bugs, see http://c-faq.com/malloc/mallocnocast.html\n" . $herecurr);
+# check for pointless casting of g_malloc return
+ if ($line =~ /\*\s*\)\s*g_(try)?(m|re)alloc(0?)(_n)?\b/) {
+ if ($2 == 'm') {
+ WARN("unnecessary cast may hide bugs, use g_$1new$3 instead\n" . $herecurr);
+ } else {
+ WARN("unnecessary cast may hide bugs, use g_$1renew$3 instead\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
}
# check for gcc specific __FUNCTION__
@@ -2813,54 +2809,37 @@ sub process {
WARN("consider using a completion\n" . $herecurr);
}
-# recommend strict_strto* over simple_strto*
- if ($line =~ /\bsimple_(strto.*?)\s*\(/) {
- WARN("consider using strict_$1 in preference to simple_$1\n" . $herecurr);
+# recommend qemu_strto* over strto*
+ if ($line =~ /\b(strto.*?)\s*\(/) {
+ WARN("consider using qemu_$1 in preference to $1\n" . $herecurr);
}
-# check for __initcall(), use device_initcall() explicitly please
- if ($line =~ /^.\s*__initcall\s*\(/) {
- WARN("please use device_initcall() instead of __initcall()\n" . $herecurr);
+# check for module_init(), use category-specific init macros explicitly please
+ if ($line =~ /^module_init\s*\(/) {
+ WARN("please use block_init(), type_init() etc. instead of module_init()\n" . $herecurr);
}
# check for various ops structs, ensure they are const.
- my $struct_ops = qr{acpi_dock_ops|
- address_space_operations|
- backlight_ops|
- block_device_operations|
- dentry_operations|
- dev_pm_ops|
- dma_map_ops|
- extent_io_ops|
- file_lock_operations|
- file_operations|
- hv_ops|
- ide_dma_ops|
- intel_dvo_dev_ops|
- item_operations|
- iwl_ops|
- kgdb_arch|
- kgdb_io|
- kset_uevent_ops|
- lock_manager_operations|
- microcode_ops|
- mtrr_ops|
- neigh_ops|
- nlmsvc_binding|
- pci_raw_ops|
- pipe_buf_operations|
- platform_hibernation_ops|
- platform_suspend_ops|
- proto_ops|
- rpc_pipe_ops|
- seq_operations|
- snd_ac97_build_ops|
- soc_pcmcia_socket_ops|
- stacktrace_ops|
- sysfs_ops|
- tty_operations|
- usb_mon_operations|
- wd_ops}x;
+ my $struct_ops = qr{AIOCBInfo|
+ BdrvActionOps|
+ BlockDevOps|
+ BlockJobDriver|
+ DisplayChangeListenerOps|
+ GraphicHwOps|
+ IDEDMAOps|
+ KVMCapabilityInfo|
+ MemoryRegionIOMMUOps|
+ MemoryRegionOps|
+ MemoryRegionPortio|
+ QEMUFileOps|
+ SCSIBusInfo|
+ SCSIReqOps|
+ Spice[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*Interface|
+ TPMDriverOps|
+ USBDesc[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*|
+ VhostOps|
+ VMStateDescription|
+ VMStateInfo}x;
if ($line !~ /\bconst\b/ &&
- $line =~ /\bstruct\s+($struct_ops)\b/) {
+ $line =~ /\b($struct_ops)\b/) {
WARN("struct $1 should normally be const\n" .
$herecurr);
}