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Alexandre Belloni 4462996ea3 checkpatch: add %pt as a valid vsprintf extension
Commit 4d42c44727 ("lib/vsprintf: Print time and date in human
readable format via %pt") introduced a new extension, %pt.

Add it in the list of valid extensions.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190314203719.29130-1-alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com
Signed-off-by: Alexandre Belloni <alexandre.belloni@bootlin.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2019-03-29 10:01:37 -07:00
Linus Torvalds 1a29e85750 A fairly routine cycle for docs - lots of typo fixes, some new documents,
and more translations.  There's also some LICENSES adjustments from
 Thomas.
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Merge tag 'docs-5.1' of git://git.lwn.net/linux

Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
 "A fairly routine cycle for docs - lots of typo fixes, some new
  documents, and more translations. There's also some LICENSES
  adjustments from Thomas"

* tag 'docs-5.1' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (74 commits)
  docs: Bring some order to filesystem documentation
  Documentation/locking/lockdep: Drop last two chars of sample states
  doc: rcu: Suspicious RCU usage is a warning
  docs: driver-api: iio: fix errors in documentation
  Documentation/process/howto: Update for 4.x -> 5.x versioning
  docs: Explicitly state that the 'Fixes:' tag shouldn't split lines
  doc: security: Add kern-doc for lsm_hooks.h
  doc: sctp: Merge and clean up rst files
  Docs: Correct /proc/stat path
  scripts/spdxcheck.py: fix C++ comment style detection
  doc: fix typos in license-rules.rst
  Documentation: fix admin-guide/README.rst minimum gcc version requirement
  doc: process: complete removal of info about -git patches
  doc: translations: sync translations 'remove info about -git patches'
  perf-security: wrap paragraphs on 72 columns
  perf-security: elaborate on perf_events/Perf privileged users
  perf-security: document collected perf_events/Perf data categories
  perf-security: document perf_events/Perf resource control
  sysfs.txt: add note on available attribute macros
  docs: kernel-doc: typo "if ... if" -> "if ... is"
  ...
2019-03-09 09:56:17 -08:00
Joe Perches a8da38a9cf checkpatch: add test for SPDX-License-Identifier on wrong line #
Warn when any SPDX-License-Identifier: tag is not created on the proper
line number.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/9b74ee87f8c1b8fd310e213fcb4994d58610fcb6.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Cc: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@metux.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2019-03-07 18:32:01 -08:00
Vadim Bendebury 98005e8c74 checkpatch: allow reporting C99 style comments
Presently C99 style comments are removed unconditionally before actual
patch validity check happens.  This is a problem for some third party
projects which use checkpatch.pl but do not allow C99 style comments.

This patch adds yet another variable, named C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE.  If
it is included in the --ignore command line or config file options list,
C99 comments in the patch are reported as errors.

Tested by processing a patch with a C99 style comment, it passes the
check just fine unless '--ignore C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE' is present in
.checkpatch.conf.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190110224957.25008-1-vbendeb@chromium.org
Signed-off-by: Vadim Bendebury <vbendeb@chromium.org>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2019-03-07 18:32:01 -08:00
Joe Perches e29a70f153 checkpatch: add some new alloc functions to various tests
Many new generic allocation functions like the kvmalloc family have been
added recently to the kernel.

The allocation functions test now includes:

o kvmalloc and variants
o kstrdup_const
o kmemdup_nul
o dma_alloc_coherent
o alloc_skb and variants

Add a separate $allocFunctions variable to help make the allocation
functions test a bit more readable.

Miscellanea:

o Use $allocFunctions in the unnecessary OOM message test and
  add exclude uses with __GFP_NOWARN
o Use $allocFunctions in the unnecessary cast test
o Add the kvmalloc family to the preferred sizeof alloc style
  foo = kvmalloc(sizeof(*foo), ...)

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/a5e60a2b93e10baf84af063f6c8e56402273105d.camel@perches.com
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>
2019-03-07 18:32:01 -08:00
Joe Perches fdf13693d3 checkpatch: verify SPDX comment style
Using SPDX commenting style // or /* is specified for various file types
in Documentation/process/license-rules.rst so add an appropriate test for
.[chsS] files because many proposed file additions and patches do not use
the correct style.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/8b02899853247a2c67669561761f354dd3bd110e.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2019-03-07 18:32:00 -08:00
Jason Gunthorpe 7967656ffb coding-style: Clarify the expectations around bool
There has been some confusion since checkpatch started warning about bool
use in structures, and people have been avoiding using it.

Many people feel there is still a legitimate place for bool in structures,
so provide some guidance on bool usage derived from the entire thread that
spawned the checkpatch warning.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CA+55aFwVZk1OfB9T2v014PTAKFhtVan_Zj2dOjnCy3x6E4UJfA@mail.gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@acm.org>
Acked-by: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Joey Pabalinas <joeypabalinas@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
2019-01-20 19:07:39 -07:00
Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz d499480cc4 checkpatch: add Co-developed-by to signature tags
As per Documentation/process/submitting-patches, Co-developed-by is a
valid signature.

This commit removes the warning.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1544808928-20002-3-git-send-email-jorge.ramirez-ortiz@linaro.org
Signed-off-by: Jorge Ramirez-Ortiz <jorge.ramirez-ortiz@linaro.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Himanshu Jha <himanshujha199640@gmail.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Jonathan Cameron <jic23@kernel.org>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Cc: Niklas Cassel <niklas.cassel@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2019-01-04 13:13:48 -08:00
Joe Perches 77b8c0a8e4 checkpatch: warn on const char foo[] = "bar"; declarations
These declarations should generally be static const to avoid poor
compilation and runtime performance where compilers tend to initialize
the const declaration for every call instead of using .rodata for the
string.

Miscellanea:

 - Convert spaces to tabs for indentation in 2 adjacent checks

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/10ea5f4b087dc911e41e187a4a2b5e79c7529aa3.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2019-01-04 13:13:46 -08:00
Paul E. McKenney 3d709ab5a1 checkpatch.pl: Suggest lockdep instead of asserting !spin_is_locked()
This commit points people who might otherwise code up something like
WARN_ON(!spin_is_locked(&mylock)) to lockdep_assert_held(&mylock).

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
2018-11-12 09:03:59 -08:00
Joe Perches 9189c7e706 checkpatch: Create table of obsolete APIs and apply to RCU
This patch creates a deprecated_apis map, which allows such APIs to
be flagged with suggested replacements more compactly and straightforwardly.
It also uses this map to flag the old flavorful RCU APIs as deprecated,
suggesting their vanilla-RCU counterparts as replacements.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
[ paulmck: Merged with earlier less-deft approach. ]
2018-11-12 09:03:59 -08:00
Christophe Leroy 22ebb72b32 checkpatch: remove GCC_BINARY_CONSTANT warning
This warning was there to avoid the use of 0bxxx values as they are not
supported by gcc prior to v4.3

Since cafa0010cd ("Raise the minimum required gcc version to 4.6"),
it's not an issue anymore and using such values can increase readability
of code.

Joe said:

: Seems sensible as the other compilers also support binary literals from
: relatively old versions.
: http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2012/n3472.pdf
: https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/c14-features-supported-by-intel-c-compiler

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/392eeae782302ee8812a3c932a602035deed1609.1535351453.git.christophe.leroy@c-s.fr
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@c-s.fr>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-10-31 08:54:13 -07:00
Joe Perches c5967e989f checkpatch: add __ro_after_init to known $Attribute
__ro_after_init is a specific __attribute__ that checkpatch does currently
not understand.

Add it to the known $Attribute types so that code that uses variables
declared with __ro_after_init are not thought to be a modifier type.

This appears as a defect in checkpatch output of code like:

static bool trust_cpu __ro_after_init = IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RANDOM_TRUST_CPU);
[...]
       if (trust_cpu && arch_init) {

where checkpatch reports:

ERROR: space prohibited after that '&&' (ctx:WxW)
	if (trust_cpu && arch_init) {

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/0fa8a2cb83ade4c525e18261ecf6cfede3015983.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Reported-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Tested-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-09-04 16:45:02 -07:00
Joe Perches 328b5f417a checkpatch: add optional static const to blank line declarations test
Using a static const struct definition as part of a series of
declarations produces a false positive "Missing a blank line after
declarations" for code like:

  WARNING: Missing a blank line after declarations
  #710: FILE: drivers/gpu/drm/tidss/tidss_scale_coefs.c:137:
  +       int inc;
  +       static const struct {

So fix it.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/5905126e70b0ed1781e49265fd5c49c5090d0223.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Reported-by: Jyri Sarha <jsarha@ti.com>
Cc: "Valkeinen, Tomi" <tomi.valkeinen@ti.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-09-04 16:45:02 -07:00
Rob Herring 133712a2ec checkpatch: DT bindings should be a separate patch
Devicetree bindings should be their own patch as documented in
Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt section I.1.
This is because bindings are logically independent from a driver
implementation, they have a different maintainer (even though they often
are applied via the same tree), and it makes for a cleaner history in the
DT only tree created with git-filter-branch.

[robh@kernel.org: add doc pointer to warning, simplify logic]
  Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180810170513.26284-1-robh@kernel.org
[robh@kernel.org: v3]
  Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180810225049.20452-1-robh@kernel.org
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180809205032.22205-1-robh@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-08-22 10:52:49 -07:00
Joe Perches 809e082e97 checkpatch: warn on unnecessary int declarations
On Sun, 2018-08-05 at 08:52 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> "long unsigned int" isn't _technically_ wrong. But we normally
> call that type "unsigned long".

So add a checkpatch test for it.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/7bbd97dc0a1e5896a0251fada7bb68bb33643f77.camel@perches.com
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>
2018-08-22 10:52:49 -07:00
Michal Zylowski 6ad724e2a4 checkpatch: check for space after "else" keyword
Current checkpatch implementation permits notation like

	} else{

in kernel code.  It looks like oversight and inconsistency in checkpatch
rules (e.g.  instruction like 'do' is tested).

Add regex for checking space after 'else' keyword and trigger error if
space is not present.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1533545753-8870-1-git-send-email-michal.zylowski@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Michal Zylowski <michal.zylowski@intel.com>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-08-22 10:52:49 -07:00
Joe Perches 5629411279 checkpatch: fix SPDX license check with --root=<path>
checkpatch uses the in-kernel script spdxcheck.py to validate the specific
license in a file or script.

This check can currently fail for a couple reasons:

o spdxcheck.py assumes the existence of git tree that may not
  exist for a bare source tree from something like a tarball
o the spdxcheck.py must be run from the top level root directory

So add a git existence test and set the subprocess subdirectory.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/2b32864324ae9c92948b002ec4c0c22409ed98f1.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Reported-by: Charlemagne Lasse <charlemagnelasse@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Charlemagne Lasse <charlemagnelasse@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-08-22 10:52:49 -07:00
Joe Perches 490b292c83 checkpatch: warn when a patch doesn't have a description
Potential patches should have a commit description.  Emit a warning when
there isn't one.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: s/else if/elsif/]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1b099f4d8373aa583a17011992676bf0f3f09eee.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Suggested-by: Prakruthi Deepak Heragu <pheragu@codeaurora.org>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-08-22 10:52:48 -07:00
Prakruthi Deepak Heragu 60f8901055 checkpatch: check for #if 0/#if 1
The #if 0 or #if 1 is used to toggle features. Warn if #if 0 or #if 1
is present and suggest that they can be removed.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix spacing around periods, per Joe\
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1532625218-24321-1-git-send-email-pheragu@codeaurora.org
Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Dharmapurikar <adharmap@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Prakruthi Deepak Heragu <pheragu@codeaurora.org>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-08-22 10:52:48 -07:00
Joe Perches 4cab63cea3 checkpatch: fix krealloc reuse test
The current krealloc test does not function correctly when the temporary
pointer return name contains the original pointer name.

Fix that by maximally matching the return pointer name and the original
pointer name and doing a separate comparison of the both names.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e617ecb8c019a9c4c56540a1bec16c8aed43a4e4.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Reported-by: Lars-Peter Clausen <lars@metafoo.de>
Cc: Manish Narani <manish.narani@xilinx.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-08-22 10:52:48 -07:00
Joe Perches 3b6e8ac9e7 checkpatch: validate SPDX license with spdxcheck.py
Use the existing scripts/spdxcheck.py to validate any
SPDX-License-Identifier found in line 1 or 2 of patches or files.

Miscellanea:

o Properly indent the existing SPDX-License-Identifier block.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/05b832407b24e0a27e419906187cd863bc1617c7.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-08-22 10:52:48 -07:00
Joe Perches 8c8c45cfdd checkpatch: fix macro argument reuse test
Multiple line macro definitions where the arguments are separated by line
continuations can cause checkpatch to emit invalid syntax regex tests.

This can occur when a single argument is modified in a part of a patch.

For example: (to not add a diff in the commit message)

$ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl --git db023296f0
Unterminated \g... pattern in regex; <very long regex omitted>

And, the test does not work correctly when these arguments are all new as
the initial patch line addition "+" is used in the argument name.

Fix this by stripping the line continuations and any "+" from the list of
arguments.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/86cdb43a4db70670c102020093f7fb4eb3003e01.camel@perches.com
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>
2018-08-22 10:52:48 -07:00
Geert Uytterhoeven cd2614967d checkpatch: warn if missing author Signed-off-by
Print a warning if none of the Signed-off-by lines cover the patch author.

Non-ASCII quoted printable encoding in From: headers and (lack of) double
quotes are handled.  Split From: headers are not fully handled: only the
first part is compared.

[geert+renesas@glider.be: only encode UTF-8 quoted printable mail headers]
  Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180718145254.4770-1-geert+renesas@glider.be
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180712100323.26684-1-geert+renesas@glider.be
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-08-22 10:52:48 -07:00
Geert Uytterhoeven 33aa4597dd checkpatch: update section keywords
As of commit bd721ea73e ("treewide: replace obsolete _refok by
__ref"), __init_refok no longer exists, so it can be removed.  While at
it, add the modern variants that were still missing.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180706084205.26367-1-geert+renesas@glider.be
Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@glider.be>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-08-22 10:52:48 -07:00
Joe Perches 5b57980de6 checkpatch: improve runtime execution speed a little
checkpatch repeatedly uses a runtime minimum version check that validates
the minimum perl version required for a regex match by using a "$^V ge
5.10.0" runtime string match.

Only perform that minimum version test once and store the result to reduce
string matching time.

This reduces runtime execution time for patches or files with high line
counts.

An example runtime improvement:

new: $ time ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c > /dev/null

real	0m11.856s
user	0m11.831s
sys	0m0.025s

old: $ time ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c > /dev/null

real	0m13.330s
user	0m13.282s
sys	0m0.049s

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/db21aa9703833bad65ab70cc4e8a78da5b399138.camel@perches.com
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>
2018-08-22 10:52:48 -07:00
Joe Perches 79682c0c00 checkpatch: add --fix for CONCATENATED_STRING and STRING_FRAGMENTS
Add the ability to --fix these string issues.

e.g.:
	printk(KERN_INFO"bar" "baz"QUX);
converts to
	printk(KERN_INFO "barbaz" QUX);

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/a9fb505ccfedffc5869d08832a7ff05a21d85621.camel@perches.com
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>
2018-08-22 10:52:48 -07:00
Joe Perches d729593e49 checkpatch: add a --strict test for structs with bool member definitions
A struct with a bool member can have different sizes on various
architectures because neither bool size nor alignment is standardized.

So emit a message on the use of bool in structs only in .h files and not
.c files.

There is the real possibility that this test could have a false positive
when a bool is declared as an automatic, so limit the test to .h files
where the only false positive is for declarations in static inline
functions.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/95477c93db187bab6da8a8ba7c57836868446179.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-08-22 10:52:48 -07:00
Joe Perches ffe075132a checkpatch: fix duplicate invalid vsprintf pointer extension '%p<foo>' messages
Multiline statements with invalid %p<foo> uses produce multiple
warnings.  Fix that.

e.g.:

$ cat t_block.c
void foo(void)
{
	MY_DEBUG(drv->foo,
		 "%pk",
		 foo->boo);
}

$ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f t_block.c
WARNING: Missing or malformed SPDX-License-Identifier tag in line 1
#1: FILE: t_block.c:1:
+void foo(void)

WARNING: Invalid vsprintf pointer extension '%pk'
#3: FILE: t_block.c:3:
+	MY_DEBUG(drv->foo,
+		 "%pk",
+		 foo->boo);

WARNING: Invalid vsprintf pointer extension '%pk'
#3: FILE: t_block.c:3:
+	MY_DEBUG(drv->foo,
+		 "%pk",
+		 foo->boo);

total: 0 errors, 3 warnings, 6 lines checked

NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to
      mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace.

t_block.c has style problems, please review.

NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report
      them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/9e8341bbe4c9877d159cb512bb701043cbfbb10b.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: "Tobin C. Harding" <me@tobin.cc>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-07-14 11:11:10 -07:00
Linus Torvalds 3b41c3e28e checkpatch: remove warning for 'old' stable@kernel.org address
It may not be the actual real stable mailing list address, but the
stable scripts to actually pick up on the traditional way to mark stable
patches.

There are also reasons to explicitly avoid using the actual mailing list
address, since security patches with embargo dates generally do want the
stable marking, but don't want tools etc to mistakenly send the patch
out to the mailing list early.

So don't warn for things that are still actively used and explicitly
supported.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-06-27 08:40:44 -07:00
Joe Perches 12c253abb9 checkpatch: improve patch recognition
There are mode change and rename only patches that are unrecognized by
checkpatch.

Recognize them.

[joe@perches.com: fix missing close parenthesis]
  Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/af44c893f6973393f2a5b11f1a8e5cd4c8bbbba5.camel@perches.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/974a407e6fa18abd5a965da39cc68986a4c4f091.1526949367.git.joe@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Reported-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-06-07 17:34:39 -07:00
Joe Perches 882ea1d64e scripts: use SPDX tag in get_maintainer and checkpatch
Add the appropriate SPDX tag to these scripts.

Miscellanea:

o Add my copyright to checkpatch

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/d08e49e8f6562c58a63792aa64306d1851f81f4b.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-06-07 17:34:33 -07:00
Linus Torvalds 8715ee75fe Kbuild updates for v4.18
- improve fixdep to coalesce consecutive slashes in dep-files
 
 - fix some issues of the maintainer string generation in deb-pkg script
 
 - remove unused CONFIG_HAVE_UNDERSCORE_SYMBOL_PREFIX and clean-up
   several tools and linker scripts
 
 - clean-up modpost
 
 - allow to enable the dead code/data elimination for PowerPC in EXPERT mode
 
 - improve two coccinelle scripts for better performance
 
 - pass endianness and machine size flags to sparse for all architecture
 
 - misc fixes
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Merge tag 'kbuild-v4.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild

Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - improve fixdep to coalesce consecutive slashes in dep-files

 - fix some issues of the maintainer string generation in deb-pkg script

 - remove unused CONFIG_HAVE_UNDERSCORE_SYMBOL_PREFIX and clean-up
   several tools and linker scripts

 - clean-up modpost

 - allow to enable the dead code/data elimination for PowerPC in EXPERT
   mode

 - improve two coccinelle scripts for better performance

 - pass endianness and machine size flags to sparse for all architecture

 - misc fixes

* tag 'kbuild-v4.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (25 commits)
  kbuild: add machine size to CHECKFLAGS
  kbuild: add endianness flag to CHEKCFLAGS
  kbuild: $(CHECK) doesnt need NOSTDINC_FLAGS twice
  scripts: Fixed printf format mismatch
  scripts/tags.sh: use `find` for $ALLSOURCE_ARCHS generation
  coccinelle: deref_null: improve performance
  coccinelle: mini_lock: improve performance
  powerpc: Allow LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION to be selected
  kbuild: Allow LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION to be selectable if enabled
  kbuild: LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION no -ffunction-sections/-fdata-sections for module build
  kbuild: Fix asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h for LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
  modpost: constify *modname function argument where possible
  modpost: remove redundant is_vmlinux() test
  modpost: use strstarts() helper more widely
  modpost: pass struct elf_info pointer to get_modinfo()
  checkpatch: remove VMLINUX_SYMBOL() check
  vmlinux.lds.h: remove no-op macro VMLINUX_SYMBOL()
  kbuild: remove CONFIG_HAVE_UNDERSCORE_SYMBOL_PREFIX
  export.h: remove code for prefixing symbols with underscore
  depmod.sh: remove symbol prefix support
  ...
2018-06-06 11:00:15 -07:00
Joe Perches d41362ed12 checkpatch: fix macro argument precedence test
checkpatch's macro argument precedence test is broken so fix it.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/5dd900e9197febc1995604bb33c23c136d8b33ce.camel@perches.com
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>
2018-05-25 18:12:11 -07:00
Masahiro Yamada a6b04f0ed5 checkpatch: remove VMLINUX_SYMBOL() check
Now that VMLINUX_SYMBOL() is no-op and being removed, let's stop
checking VMLINUX_SYMBOL().

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
2018-05-17 22:44:58 +09:00
Joe Perches 5d43090261 checkpatch: whinge about bool bitfields
Using bool in a bitfield isn't a good idea as the alignment behavior is
arch implementation defined.

Suggest using unsigned int or u<8|16|32> instead.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e22fb871b1b7f2fda4b22f3a24e0d7f092eb612c.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-04-11 10:28:36 -07:00
Heinrich Schuchardt 38dca988bb checkpatch: allow space between colon and bracket
Allow a space between a colon and subsequent opening bracket.  This
sequence may occur in inline assembler statements like

	asm(
		"ldr %[out], [%[in]]\n\t"
		: [out] "=r" (ret)
		: [in] "r" (addr)
	);

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180403191655.23700-1-xypron.glpk@gmx.de
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-04-11 10:28:36 -07:00
Joe Perches 6a487211ec checkpatch: add test for assignment at start of line
Kernel style seems to prefer line wrapping an assignment with the
assignment operator on the previous line like:

	<leading tabs>	identifier =
				expression;
over
	<leading tabs>	identifier
				= expression;

somewhere around a 50:1 ratio

$ git grep -P "[^=]=\s*$" -- "*.[ch]" | wc -l
52008
$ git grep -P "^\s+[\*\/\+\|\%\-]?=[^=>]" | wc -l
1161

So add a --strict test for that condition.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1522275726.2210.12.camel@perches.com
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>
2018-04-11 10:28:36 -07:00
Joe Perches bc22d9a7d3 checkpatch: test SYMBOLIC_PERMS multiple times per line
There are occasions where symbolic perms are used in a ternary like

		return (channel == 0) ? S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR : S_IRUGO;

The current test will find the first use "S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR" but not the
second use "S_IRUGO" on the same line.

Improve the test to look for all instances on a line.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1522127944.12357.49.camel@perches.com
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>
2018-04-11 10:28:36 -07:00
Claudio Fontana 8d2e11b22d checkpatch: two spelling fixes
completly -> completely
wacking -> whacking

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1520405394-5586-1-git-send-email-claudio.fontana@gliwa.com
Signed-off-by: Claudio Fontana <claudio.fontana@gliwa.com>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-04-11 10:28:36 -07:00
Joe Perches 478b179980 checkpatch: improve get_quoted_string for TRACE_EVENT macros
The get_quoted_string function does not expect invalid arguments.

The $stat test can return non-statements for complicated macros like
TRACE_EVENT.

Allow the $stat block and test for vsprintf misuses to exceed the actual
block length and possibly test invalid lines by validating the arguments
of get_quoted_string.

Return "" if either get_quoted_string argument is undefined.

Miscellanea:

o Properly align the comment for the vsprintf extension test

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/9e9725342ca3dfc0f5e3e0b8ca3c482b0e5712cc.1520356392.git.joe@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Reported-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-04-11 10:28:36 -07:00
Tobin C. Harding e3c6bc9566 checkpatch: warn for use of %px
Usage of the new %px specifier potentially leaks sensitive information.
Printing kernel addresses exposes the kernel layout in memory, this is
potentially exploitable.  We have tools in the kernel to help us do the
right thing.  We can have checkpatch warn developers of potential
dangers of using %px.

Have checkpatch emit a warning for usage of specifier %px.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1519700648-23108-5-git-send-email-me@tobin.cc
Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc>
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>
2018-04-11 10:28:36 -07:00
Tobin C. Harding e3d95a2a05 checkpatch: add sub routine get_stat_here()
checkpatch currently contains duplicate code.  We can define a sub
routine and call that instead.  This reduces code duplication and line
count.

Add subroutine get_stat_here().

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1519700648-23108-4-git-send-email-me@tobin.cc
Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-04-11 10:28:36 -07:00
Tobin C. Harding c2066ca350 checkpatch: remove unused variable declarations
Variables are declared and not used, we should remove them.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1519700648-23108-3-git-send-email-me@tobin.cc
Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-04-11 10:28:36 -07:00
Tobin C. Harding 2a9f9d851c checkpatch: add sub routine get_stat_real()
checkpatch currently contains duplicate code.  We can define a sub
routine and call that instead.  This reduces code duplication and line
count.

Add subroutine get_stat_real()

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1519700648-23108-2-git-send-email-me@tobin.cc
Signed-off-by: Tobin C. Harding <me@tobin.cc>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-04-11 10:28:35 -07:00
Gilad Ben-Yossef 3d102fc0e7 checkpatch: add Crypto ON_STACK to declaration_macros
Add the crypto API *_ON_STACK to $declaration_macros.

Resolves the following false warning:

WARNING: Missing a blank line after declarations
+			int err;
+			SHASH_DESC_ON_STACK(desc, ctx_p->shash_tfm);

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1518941636-4484-1-git-send-email-gilad@benyossef.com
Signed-off-by: Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@benyossef.com>
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-04-11 10:28:35 -07:00
Rob Herring 9f3a89926d checkpatch.pl: add SPDX license tag check
Add SPDX license tag check based on the rules defined in
Documentation/process/license-rules.rst.  To summarize, SPDX license
tags should be on the 1st line (or 2nd line in scripts) using the
appropriate comment style for the file type.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180202154026.15298-1-robh@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Acked-by: Philippe Ombredanne <pombredanne@nexb.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@huawei.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-04-11 10:28:35 -07:00
Joe Perches 85e12066ea checkpatch: improve parse_email signature checking
Bare email addresses with non alphanumeric characters require escape
quoting before being substituted in the parse_email routine.

e.g. Reported-by: syzbot+bbd8e9a06452cc48059b@syzkaller.appspotmail.com

Do so.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1518631805.3678.12.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2018-04-11 10:28:35 -07:00
Linus Torvalds 147a89bc71 Kconfig updates for v4.17
- improve checkpatch for more precise Kconfig code checking
 
 - clarify effective selects by grouping reverse dependencies in help
 
 - do not write out '# CONFIG_FOO is not set' from invisible symbols
 
 - make oldconfig as silent as it should be
 
 - rename 'silentoldconfig' to 'syncconfig'
 
 - add unit-test framework and several test cases
 
 - warn unmet dependency of tristate symbols
 
 - make unmet dependency warnings readable, removing false positives
 
 - improve recursive include detection
 
 - use yylineno to simplify the line number tracking
 
 - misc cleanups
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Merge tag 'kconfig-v4.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild

Pull Kconfig updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - improve checkpatch for more precise Kconfig code checking

 - clarify effective selects by grouping reverse dependencies in help

 - do not write out '# CONFIG_FOO is not set' from invisible symbols

 - make oldconfig as silent as it should be

 - rename 'silentoldconfig' to 'syncconfig'

 - add unit-test framework and several test cases

 - warn unmet dependency of tristate symbols

 - make unmet dependency warnings readable, removing false positives

 - improve recursive include detection

 - use yylineno to simplify the line number tracking

 - misc cleanups

* tag 'kconfig-v4.17' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (30 commits)
  kconfig: use yylineno option instead of manual lineno increments
  kconfig: detect recursive inclusion earlier
  kconfig: remove duplicated file name and lineno of recursive inclusion
  kconfig: do not include both curses.h and ncurses.h for nconfig
  kconfig: make unmet dependency warnings readable
  kconfig: warn unmet direct dependency of tristate symbols selected by y
  kconfig: tests: test if recursive inclusion is detected
  kconfig: tests: test if recursive dependencies are detected
  kconfig: tests: test randconfig for choice in choice
  kconfig: tests: test defconfig when two choices interact
  kconfig: tests: check visibility of tristate choice values in y choice
  kconfig: tests: check unneeded "is not set" with unmet dependency
  kconfig: tests: test if new symbols in choice are asked
  kconfig: tests: test automatic submenu creation
  kconfig: tests: add basic choice tests
  kconfig: tests: add framework for Kconfig unit testing
  kbuild: add PYTHON2 and PYTHON3 variables
  kconfig: remove redundant streamline_config.pl prerequisite
  kconfig: rename silentoldconfig to syncconfig
  kconfig: invoke oldconfig instead of silentoldconfig from local*config
  ...
2018-04-03 16:28:01 -07:00
Ulf Magnusson 84af7a6194 checkpatch: kconfig: prefer 'help' over '---help---'
IMO, we should discourage '---help---' for new help texts, even in cases
where it would be consistent with other help texts in the file. This
will help if we ever want to get rid of '---help---' in the future.

Also simplify the code to only check for exactly '---help---'. Since
commit c2264564df ("kconfig: warn of unhandled characters in Kconfig
commands"), '---help---' is a proper keyword and can only appear in that
form. Prior to that commit, '---help---' working was more of a syntactic
quirk.

Signed-off-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
2018-03-26 02:03:57 +09:00