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| author | Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> | 2012-01-11 00:09:52 +0100 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-01-11 01:30:50 +0100 |
| commit | 5f14d3bd87ef5f979ea64c1f0862534d71786db7 (patch) | |
| tree | 88982b950031e877156bf17c3755d9a128b336f8 /scripts | |
| parent | checkpatch: update signature "might be better as" warning (diff) | |
| download | linux-5f14d3bd87ef5f979ea64c1f0862534d71786db7.tar.xz linux-5f14d3bd87ef5f979ea64c1f0862534d71786db7.zip | |
checkpatch: prefer __printf over __attribute__((format(printf,...)))
Add a warn for not using __printf.
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 885e3b43d64a..e94626ca77cf 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3114,6 +3114,12 @@ sub process { "__aligned(size) is preferred over __attribute__((aligned(size)))\n" . $herecurr); } +# Check for __attribute__ format(printf, prefer __printf + if ($line =~ /\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(\s*format\s*\(\s*printf/) { + WARN("PREFER_PRINTF", + "__printf(string-index, first-to-check) is preferred over __attribute__((format(printf, string-index, first-to-check)))\n" . $herecurr); + } + # check for sizeof(&) if ($line =~ /\bsizeof\s*\(\s*\&/) { WARN("SIZEOF_ADDRESS", |