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| author | Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be> | 2014-08-08 14:23:29 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2014-08-08 15:57:26 -0700 |
| commit | 791dfeb49519f18a6efea4619f5678457f1532ff (patch) | |
| tree | d3f6d2e6e526eb6f6d382f5c9980abd8b002ea2c /scripts | |
| parent | 56106da7932074804f9ef70191f126ea15dc3fc4 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-791dfeb49519f18a6efea4619f5678457f1532ff.tar.gz lwn-791dfeb49519f18a6efea4619f5678457f1532ff.zip | |
scripts/coccinelle/free: add NULL test before freeing functions
Warns or generates patch for NULL check before the following functions:
kfree
usb_free_urb
debugfs_remove
debugfs_remove_recursive
Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be>
Acked-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall@lip6.fr>
Cc: Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@lip6.fr>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Markus Elfring <elfring@users.sourceforge.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
| -rw-r--r-- | scripts/coccinelle/free/ifnullfree.cocci | 52 |
1 files changed, 52 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/free/ifnullfree.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/free/ifnullfree.cocci new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..77ab43f30b8d --- /dev/null +++ b/scripts/coccinelle/free/ifnullfree.cocci @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +/// NULL check before some freeing functions is not needed. +/// +/// Based on checkpatch warning +/// "kfree(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required" +/// and kfreeaddr.cocci by Julia Lawall. +/// +/// Comments: - +/// Options: --no-includes --include-headers + +virtual patch +virtual org +virtual report +virtual context + +@r2 depends on patch@ +expression E; +@@ +- if (E) +( +- kfree(E); ++ kfree(E); +| +- debugfs_remove(E); ++ debugfs_remove(E); +| +- debugfs_remove_recursive(E); ++ debugfs_remove_recursive(E); +| +- usb_free_urb(E); ++ usb_free_urb(E); +) + +@r depends on context || report || org @ +expression E; +position p; +@@ + +* if (E) +* \(kfree@p\|debugfs_remove@p\|debugfs_remove_recursive@p\|usb_free_urb\)(E); + +@script:python depends on org@ +p << r.p; +@@ + +cocci.print_main("NULL check before that freeing function is not needed", p) + +@script:python depends on report@ +p << r.p; +@@ + +msg = "WARNING: NULL check before freeing functions like kfree, debugfs_remove, debugfs_remove_recursive or usb_free_urb is not needed. Maybe consider reorganizing relevant code to avoid passing NULL values." +coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], msg) |