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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2016-01-20 14:59:15 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-01-20 17:09:18 -0800
commit938224b5e596c1c30d968ffd927a578ea7c4f45b (patch)
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parentf5948701891322770ad6ede317da5fc9cf33d2f0 (diff)
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checkpatch: warn when casting constants to c90 int or longer types
Linus Torvalds wrote: > I can't but help to react that this: > #define IOMMU_ERROR_CODE (~(unsigned long) 0) > Not that this *matters*, but it's a bit odd to have to cast constants > to perfectly regular C types. So add a test that looks for constants that are cast to standard C90 int or longer types and suggest using C90 "6.4.4.1 Integer constants" integer-suffixes instead. Miscellanea: o Add a --fix option too Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Suggested-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> 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.pl42
1 files changed, 42 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index c7bf1aa..8645706 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -433,6 +433,28 @@ our @typeList = (
qr{${Ident}_handler_fn},
@typeListMisordered,
);
+
+our $C90_int_types = qr{(?x:
+ long\s+long\s+int\s+(?:un)?signed|
+ long\s+long\s+(?:un)?signed\s+int|
+ long\s+long\s+(?:un)?signed|
+ (?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?long\s+long\s+int|
+ (?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?long\s+long|
+ int\s+long\s+long\s+(?:un)?signed|
+ int\s+(?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?long\s+long|
+
+ long\s+int\s+(?:un)?signed|
+ long\s+(?:un)?signed\s+int|
+ long\s+(?:un)?signed|
+ (?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?long\s+int|
+ (?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?long|
+ int\s+long\s+(?:un)?signed|
+ int\s+(?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?long|
+
+ int\s+(?:un)?signed|
+ (?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?int
+)};
+
our @typeListFile = ();
our @typeListWithAttr = (
@typeList,
@@ -5272,6 +5294,26 @@ sub process {
}
}
+# check for cast of C90 native int or longer types constants
+ if ($line =~ /(\(\s*$C90_int_types\s*\)\s*)($Constant)\b/) {
+ my $cast = $1;
+ my $const = $2;
+ if (WARN("TYPECAST_INT_CONSTANT",
+ "Unnecessary typecast of c90 int constant\n" . $herecurr) &&
+ $fix) {
+ my $suffix = "";
+ my $newconst = $const;
+ $newconst =~ s/${Int_type}$//;
+ $suffix .= 'U' if ($cast =~ /\bunsigned\b/);
+ if ($cast =~ /\blong\s+long\b/) {
+ $suffix .= 'LL';
+ } elsif ($cast =~ /\blong\b/) {
+ $suffix .= 'L';
+ }
+ $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\Q$cast\E$const\b/$newconst$suffix/;
+ }
+ }
+
# check for sizeof(&)
if ($line =~ /\bsizeof\s*\(\s*\&/) {
WARN("SIZEOF_ADDRESS",
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