module_param and create_proc uses with a permissions use of a single 0
are "special" and should not emit any warning.
module_param uses with permission 0 is not visible in sysfs
create_proc uses with permission 0 uses a default permission
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <b...@bgdev.pl>
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <j...@perches.com>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 9 +++++++--
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 6b130a4116fa..2db1d0363ce2 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6298,6 +6298,10 @@ sub process {
# Mode permission misuses where it seems decimal should be octal
# This uses a shortcut match to avoid unnecessary uses of a slow foreach loop
+# o Ignore module_param*(...) uses with a decimal 0 permission as that has a
+# specific definition of not visible in sysfs.
+# o Ignore proc_create*(...) uses with a decimal 0 permission as that means
+# use the default permissions
if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
defined $stat &&
$line =~ /$mode_perms_search/) {
@@ -6321,8 +6325,9 @@ sub process {
if ($stat =~ /$test/) {
my $val = $1;
$val = $6 if ($skip_args ne "");
- if (($val =~ /^$Int$/ && $val !~
/^$Octal$/) ||
- ($val =~ /^$Octal$/ && length($val)
ne 4)) {
+ if (!($func =~
/^(?:module_param|proc_create)/ && $val eq "0") &&
+ (($val =~ /^$Int$/ && $val !~
/^$Octal$/) ||
+ ($val =~ /^$Octal$/ &&
length($val) ne 4))) {
ERROR("NON_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS",
"Use 4 digit octal (0777)
not decimal permissions\n" . "$here\n" . $stat_real);
}
--
2.15.0
