[PATCH] checkpatch: Improve ALLOC_ARRAY_ARGS test

From: Christophe JAILLET
Date: Fri Apr 16 2021 - 11:59:07 EST


The devm_ variant of 'kcalloc()' and 'kmalloc_array()' are not tested
Add the corresponding check.

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 44b9dc330ac6..c778edfdbad7 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -7006,9 +7006,9 @@ sub process {
}

# check for alloc argument mismatch
- if ($line =~ /\b(kcalloc|kmalloc_array)\s*\(\s*sizeof\b/) {
+ if ($line =~ /\b(devm_|)(kcalloc|kmalloc_array)\s*\(\s*sizeof\b/) {
WARN("ALLOC_ARRAY_ARGS",
- "$1 uses number as first arg, sizeof is generally wrong\n" . $herecurr);
+ "$1$2 uses number as first arg, sizeof is generally wrong\n" . $herecurr);
}

# check for multiple semicolons
--
2.27.0