Make checkpatch warn about pointless casting of kalloc returns. Signed-off-by: Dave Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 73751ab..c6cae6a 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1051,6 +1051,11 @@ sub process { CHK("__setup appears un-documented -- check Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt\n" . $herecurr); } } + +# check for pointless casting of kmalloc return + if ($rawline =~ /\*\)[ ]k[czm]alloc/) { + WARN("No need to cast return value.\n"); + } } if ($chk_patch && !$is_patch) { -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/