[PATCH] checkpatch: Add check for reuse of krealloc arg

[Joe Perches]

On Thu, 2013-03-14 at 13:30 +0000, David Woodhouse wrote:
> If krealloc() returns NULL, it *doesn't* free the original. So any code
> of the form 'foo = krealloc(foo, â);' is almost certainly a bug.

So add a check for it to checkpatch.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index b28cc38..7ef2b4b 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3476,6 +3476,13 @@ sub process {
 			     "unnecessary cast may hide bugs, see http://c-faq.com/malloc/mallocnocast.html\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*,/) {
+			WARN("KREALLOC_ARG_REUSE",
+			     "Reusing the krealloc arg is almost always a bug\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # check for alloc argument mismatch
 		if ($line =~ /\b(kcalloc|kmalloc_array)\s*\(\s*sizeof\b/) {
 			WARN("ALLOC_ARRAY_ARGS",


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