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authorAndy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>2012-12-17 16:01:52 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-12-17 17:15:19 -0800
commit03df4b51f33e1fdd35fe7bc19f1f450726395207 (patch)
tree13994b0b62313a4e0f93c1f6c349b01c53ea958e /scripts/checkpatch.pl
parent78e3f1f01d23c1a0d5828669d35afa2e7951987d (diff)
checkpatch: consolidate if (foo) bar(foo) checks and add debugfs_remove
Consolidate the if (foo) bar(foo) detectors into a single check. Add debugfs_remove and family. Based on a patch by Constantine Shulyupin. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Constantine Shulyupin <const@MakeLinux.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>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl')
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl20
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d2d5ba17ad6c..a1b870d188c4 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3198,20 +3198,12 @@ sub process {
$herecurr);
}
-# check for needless kfree() checks
- if ($prevline =~ /\bif\s*\(([^\)]*)\)/) {
- my $expr = $1;
- if ($line =~ /\bkfree\(\Q$expr\E\);/) {
- WARN("NEEDLESS_KFREE",
- "kfree(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required\n" . $hereprev);
- }
- }
-# check for needless usb_free_urb() checks
- if ($prevline =~ /\bif\s*\(([^\)]*)\)/) {
- my $expr = $1;
- if ($line =~ /\busb_free_urb\(\Q$expr\E\);/) {
- WARN("NEEDLESS_USB_FREE_URB",
- "usb_free_urb(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required\n" . $hereprev);
+# check for needless "if (<foo>) fn(<foo>)" uses
+ if ($prevline =~ /\bif\s*\(\s*($Lval)\s*\)/) {
+ my $expr = '\s*\(\s*' . quotemeta($1) . '\s*\)\s*;';
+ if ($line =~ /\b(kfree|usb_free_urb|debugfs_remove(?:_recursive)?)$expr/) {
+ WARN('NEEDLESS_IF',
+ "$1(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required\n" . $hereprev);
}
}