Re: [PATCH -next v2] checkpatch: Add check for array allocator family argument order

From: Joe Perches
Date: Sat Nov 05 2022 - 13:24:43 EST


On Fri, 2022-11-04 at 18:08 +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Le 04/11/2022 à 08:05, Liao Chang a écrit :
> > These array allocator family are sometimes misused with the first and
> > second arguments switchted.
> >
> > Same issue with calloc, kvcalloc, kvmalloc_array etc.
> >
> > Bleat if sizeof is the first argument.
> >
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/5374345c-7973-6a3c-d559-73bf4ac15079@xxxxxxxxxx/
> > Signed-off-by: Liao Chang <liaochang1@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > v2:
> > 1. Acked-by Joe Perches.
> > 2. Use lore links in Link tag.
> >
> > ---
> > scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > index 1e5e66ae5a52..a9a9dc277cff 100755
> > --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > @@ -7128,7 +7128,7 @@ sub process {
> > }
> >
> > # check for alloc argument mismatch
> > - if ($line =~ /\b((?:devm_)?(?:kcalloc|kmalloc_array))\s*\(\s*sizeof\b/) {
> > + if ($line =~ /\b((?:devm_)?((?:k|kv)?(calloc|malloc_array)(?:_node)?))\s*\(\s*sizeof\b/) {
> > WARN("ALLOC_ARRAY_ARGS",
> > "$1 uses number as first arg, sizeof is generally wrong\n" . $herecurr);
> > }
>
> Hi,
>
> Should the devm_ and not devm_ cases be separated?
>
> In the devm_case, sizeof will never be just after the first '('.

Right.

Likely this works better:
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 10 ++++++++--
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 7be93c3df2bcb..7f37976a9f8b5 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -7145,12 +7145,18 @@ sub process {
"Reusing the krealloc arg is almost always a bug\n" . $herecurr);
}

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

+# check for alloc argument mismatch in devm_ alloc functions
+ if ($line =~ /\b(devm_((?:k|kv)?(calloc|malloc_array)(?:_node)?))\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*sizeof\b/) {
+ WARN("ALLOC_ARRAY_ARGS",
+ "$1 uses number as second arg, sizeof is generally wrong\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# check for multiple semicolons
if ($line =~ /;\s*;\s*$/) {
if (WARN("ONE_SEMICOLON",