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 <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 517da26..6185eb67 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3507,6 +3507,14 @@
"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*,/) {