checkpatch: check for common memset parameter issues against statments
Move the memset checks over to work against the statement. Also add
checks for 0 and 1 used as lengths. Generally these indicate badly
ordered parameters.
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: 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 06e22ca..8199d59d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3120,6 +3120,28 @@
"Avoid line continuations in quoted strings\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# Check for misused memsets
+ if (defined $stat && $stat =~ /\bmemset\s*\((.*)\)/s) {
+ my $args = $1;
+
+ # Flatten any parentheses and braces
+ while ($args =~ s/\([^\(\)]*\)/10/s ||
+ $args =~ s/\{[^\{\}]*\}/10/s ||
+ $args =~ s/\[[^\[\]]*\]/10/s)
+ {
+ }
+ # Extract the simplified arguments.
+ my ($ms_addr, $ms_val, $ms_size) =
+ split(/\s*,\s*/, $args);
+ if ($ms_size =~ /^(0x|)0$/i) {
+ ERROR("MEMSET",
+ "memset size is 3rd argument, not the second.\n" . $herecurr);
+ } elsif ($ms_size =~ /^(0x|)1$/i) {
+ WARN("MEMSET",
+ "single byte memset is suspicious. Swapped 2nd/3rd argument?\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+ }
+
# check for new externs in .c files.
if ($realfile =~ /\.c$/ && defined $stat &&
$stat =~ /^.\s*(?:extern\s+)?$Type\s+($Ident)(\s*)\(/s)
@@ -3291,12 +3313,6 @@
WARN("EXPORTED_WORLD_WRITABLE",
"Exporting world writable files is usually an error. Consider more restrictive permissions.\n" . $herecurr);
}
-
- # Check for memset with swapped arguments
- if ($line =~ /memset.*\,(\ |)(0x|)0(\ |0|)\);/) {
- ERROR("MEMSET",
- "memset size is 3rd argument, not the second.\n" . $herecurr);
- }
}
# If we have no input at all, then there is nothing to report on
