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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2014-06-04 16:12:08 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-06-04 16:54:20 -0700
commitafc819ab0293be3bd5c16d9eba26f9d57f61c42a (patch)
tree795f6294efe6ca19c15c8a6832702e7bfaf8d967 /scripts
parent60a55369aad3336e604218abf2057363f69c0722 (diff)
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checkpatch: prefer kstrto<foo> to sscanf(buf, "%<lhuidx>", &bar);
Use the kstrto<foo> functions in preference to sscanf. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl21
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 7774025..862cc7a 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4314,6 +4314,27 @@ sub process {
"unchecked sscanf return value\n" . "$here\n$stat_real\n");
}
+# check for simple sscanf that should be kstrto<foo>
+ if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+ defined $stat &&
+ $line =~ /\bsscanf\b/) {
+ my $lc = $stat =~ tr@\n@@;
+ $lc = $lc + $linenr;
+ my $stat_real = raw_line($linenr, 0);
+ for (my $count = $linenr + 1; $count <= $lc; $count++) {
+ $stat_real = $stat_real . "\n" . raw_line($count, 0);
+ }
+ if ($stat_real =~ /\bsscanf\b\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*("[^"]+")/) {
+ my $format = $6;
+ my $count = $format =~ tr@%@%@;
+ if ($count == 1 &&
+ $format =~ /^"\%(?i:ll[udxi]|[udxi]ll|ll|[hl]h?[udxi]|[udxi][hl]h?|[hl]h?|[udxi])"$/) {
+ WARN("SSCANF_TO_KSTRTO",
+ "Prefer kstrto<type> to single variable sscanf\n" . "$here\n$stat_real\n");
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
# check for new externs in .h files.
if ($realfile =~ /\.h$/ &&
$line =~ /^\+\s*(extern\s+)$Type\s*$Ident\s*\(/s) {
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