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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 20 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index d2d5ba17ad6c..a1b870d188c4 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -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); } } |
