checkpatch: add --strict warning for c99 fixed size typedefs : int<size>_t
authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Thu, 25 Jun 2015 22:02:49 +0000 (15:02 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 26 Jun 2015 00:00:41 +0000 (17:00 -0700)
Using declarations like u_int16_t in kernel code is not preferred.

Suggest the kernel sized types instead of the c99 types when not in the
uapi directory.

Add a $typeC99Typedefs variable for the types to check and neaten the
other typedef variables.

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>
scripts/checkpatch.pl

index 3f2ff26c631ccff093b905f1378919fcbde03df5..f7f222a1e908aaeaca2279f897cf0279cd6af401 100755 (executable)
@@ -347,15 +347,20 @@ our $UTF8 = qr{
        | $NON_ASCII_UTF8
 }x;
 
+our $typeC99Typedefs = qr{(?:__)?(?:[us]_?)?int_?(?:8|16|32|64)_t};
 our $typeOtherOSTypedefs = qr{(?x:
        u_(?:char|short|int|long) |          # bsd
        u(?:nchar|short|int|long)            # sysv
 )};
-
-our $typeTypedefs = qr{(?x:
+our $typeKernelTypedefs = qr{(?x:
        (?:__)?(?:u|s|be|le)(?:8|16|32|64)|
        atomic_t
 )};
+our $typeTypedefs = qr{(?x:
+       $typeC99Typedefs\b|
+       $typeOtherOSTypedefs\b|
+       $typeKernelTypedefs\b
+)};
 
 our $logFunctions = qr{(?x:
        printk(?:_ratelimited|_once|)|
@@ -516,7 +521,6 @@ sub build_types {
        my $allWithAttr = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @typeListWithAttr) . "\n)";
        $Modifier       = qr{(?:$Attribute|$Sparse|$mods)};
        $BasicType      = qr{
-                               (?:$typeOtherOSTypedefs\b)|
                                (?:$typeTypedefs\b)|
                                (?:${all}\b)
                }x;
@@ -524,7 +528,6 @@ sub build_types {
                        (?:$Modifier\s+|const\s+)*
                        (?:
                                (?:typeof|__typeof__)\s*\([^\)]*\)|
-                               (?:$typeOtherOSTypedefs\b)|
                                (?:$typeTypedefs\b)|
                                (?:${all}\b)
                        )
@@ -542,7 +545,6 @@ sub build_types {
                        (?:
                                (?:typeof|__typeof__)\s*\([^\)]*\)|
                                (?:$typeTypedefs\b)|
-                               (?:$typeOtherOSTypedefs\b)|
                                (?:${allWithAttr}\b)
                        )
                        (?:\s+$Modifier|\s+const)*
@@ -3264,7 +3266,6 @@ sub process {
                    $line !~ /\btypedef\s+$Type\s*\(\s*\*?$Ident\s*\)\s*\(/ &&
                    $line !~ /\btypedef\s+$Type\s+$Ident\s*\(/ &&
                    $line !~ /\b$typeTypedefs\b/ &&
-                   $line !~ /\b$typeOtherOSTypedefs\b/ &&
                    $line !~ /\b__bitwise(?:__|)\b/) {
                        WARN("NEW_TYPEDEFS",
                             "do not add new typedefs\n" . $herecurr);
@@ -4980,6 +4981,24 @@ sub process {
                              "Using weak declarations can have unintended link defects\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 
+# check for c99 types like uint8_t used outside of uapi/
+               if ($realfile !~ m@\binclude/uapi/@ &&
+                   $line =~ /\b($Declare)\s*$Ident\s*[=;,\[]/) {
+                       my $type = $1;
+                       if ($type =~ /\b($typeC99Typedefs)\b/) {
+                               $type = $1;
+                               my $kernel_type = 'u';
+                               $kernel_type = 's' if ($type =~ /^_*[si]/);
+                               $type =~ /(\d+)/;
+                               $kernel_type .= $1;
+                               if (CHK("PREFER_KERNEL_TYPES",
+                                       "Prefer kernel type '$kernel_type' over '$type'\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                                   $fix) {
+                                       $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\b$type\b/$kernel_type/;
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+
 # check for sizeof(&)
                if ($line =~ /\bsizeof\s*\(\s*\&/) {
                        WARN("SIZEOF_ADDRESS",