checkpatch: Add acheck for use of sizeof without parenthesis
Kernel style uses parenthesis around sizeof.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.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 4bad570..40b0627 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3265,6 +3265,12 @@
"sizeof(& should be avoided\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# check for sizeof without parenthesis
+ if ($line =~ /\bsizeof\s+((?:\*\s*|)$Lval|$Type(?:\s+$Lval|))/) {
+ WARN("SIZEOF_PARENTHESIS",
+ "sizeof $1 should be sizeof($1)\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# check for line continuations in quoted strings with odd counts of "
if ($rawline =~ /\\$/ && $rawline =~ tr/"/"/ % 2) {
WARN("LINE_CONTINUATIONS",
