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checkpatch: consolidate if (foo) bar(foo) checks and add debugfs_remove 

Consolidate the if (foo) bar(foo) detectors into a single check.  Add
debugfs_remove and family.

Based on a patch by Constantine Shulyupin.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Constantine Shulyupin <const@MakeLinux.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>
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Andy Whitcroft 2012-12-17 16:01:52 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 78e3f1f01d
commit 03df4b51f3
1 changed files with 6 additions and 14 deletions
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@ -3198,20 +3198,12 @@ sub process {
$herecurr);
}
# check for needless kfree() checks
if ($prevline =~ /\bif\s*\(([^\)]*)\)/) {
my $expr = $1;
if ($line =~ /\bkfree\(\Q$expr\E\);/) {
WARN("NEEDLESS_KFREE",
"kfree(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required\n" . $hereprev);
}
}
# check for needless usb_free_urb() checks
if ($prevline =~ /\bif\s*\(([^\)]*)\)/) {
my $expr = $1;
if ($line =~ /\busb_free_urb\(\Q$expr\E\);/) {
WARN("NEEDLESS_USB_FREE_URB",
"usb_free_urb(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required\n" . $hereprev);
# check for needless "if (<foo>) fn(<foo>)" uses
if ($prevline =~ /\bif\s*\(\s*($Lval)\s*\)/) {
my $expr = '\s*\(\s*' . quotemeta($1) . '\s*\)\s*;';
if ($line =~ /\b(kfree|usb_free_urb|debugfs_remove(?:_recursive)?)$expr/) {
WARN('NEEDLESS_IF',
"$1(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required\n" . $hereprev);
}
}