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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 2c50eb4c4e66..7b40a3f729a7 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3476,6 +3476,12 @@ sub process { "unnecessary cast may hide bugs, see http://c-faq.com/malloc/mallocnocast.html\n" . $herecurr); } +# check for alloc argument mismatch + if ($line =~ /\b(kcalloc|kmalloc_array)\s*\(\s*sizeof\b/) { + WARN("ALLOC_ARRAY_ARGS", + "$1 uses number as first arg, sizeof is generally wrong\n" . $herecurr); + } + # check for multiple semicolons if ($line =~ /;\s*;\s*$/) { WARN("ONE_SEMICOLON", |