Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Resolve improper warning for krealloc arg reuse

[Joe Perches]

On Wed, 2018-07-18 at 19:25 +0530, Manish Narani wrote:
> Correct the check for reuse of krealloc. It gives false warning when a
> structure member variable name and krealloc argument name is same.
> 
> For Example:
> {
>       ...
>       abc.def_var = krealloc(def_var, sizeof(*def_var),
>                                   GFP_KERNEL);
>       ...
> }
> 
> $ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f file.c
> 
> WARNING: Reusing the krealloc arg is almost always a bug
> +     abc.def_var = krealloc(def_var, sizeof(*def_var),
> 
> This patch resolves the above false warning.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Manish Narani <manish.nar...@xilinx.com>
> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
[]
> @@ -6119,7 +6119,7 @@ sub process {
>  
>  # check for krealloc arg reuse
>               if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
> -                 $line =~ 
> /\b($Lval)\s*\=\s*(?:$balanced_parens)?\s*krealloc\s*\(\s*\1\s*,/) {
> +                 $line =~ 
> /\b($Lval)\s*\=\s*(?:$balanced_parens)?\s*krealloc\s*\(\s*\1\s*,/ && $line !~ 
> m/[\.|\-\>].*\s*\=\s*.*/) {

Thanks but nack.
This is more an issue with $Lval.
I'll look around for a solution.