Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Subject | [PATCH] checkpatch: Add check for reuse of krealloc arg | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:18:05 -0700 |
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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, …);' is almost certainly a bug.
So add a check for it to checkpatch.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> --- 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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