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Subject[PATCH 2/2] checkpatch: suggest using eth_zero_addr() and eth_broadcast_addr()
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Suggest using eth_zero_addr() or eth_broadcast_addr() if memset is used instead.

Signed-off-by: Mateusz Kulikowski <mateusz.kulikowski@gmail.com>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 16 ++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 3a1a01e..1fc0819 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5042,6 +5042,22 @@ sub process {
"Prefer ether_addr_equal() or ether_addr_equal_unaligned() over memcmp()\n" . $herecurr)
}

+# check for memset(foo, 0x0, ETH_ALEN) that could be eth_zero_addr
+# check for memset(foo, 0xFF, ETH_ALEN) that could be eth_broadcast_addr
+ if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+ $line =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemset\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/s) {
+
+ my $ms_val = $7;
+
+ if ($ms_val =~ /^(0x|)0$/i) {
+ WARN("PREFER_ETH_ZERO_ADDR",
+ "Prefer eth_zero_addr over memset()\n" . $herecurr);
+ } elsif ($ms_val =~ /^0xff$/i) {
+ WARN("PREFER_ETH_BROADCAST_ADDR",
+ "Prefer eth_broadcast_addr() over memset()\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+ }
+
# typecasts on min/max could be min_t/max_t
if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
defined $stat &&
--
1.8.4.1


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