>>> If you are convinced that dropping the null tests is a good idea, then you >>> can submit the patch that makes the change to the relevant maintainers and >>> mailing lists.
>From 1d2de3c3cfa43cc3c78a91200c41cef438b26a8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Markus Elfring <elfr...@users.sourceforge.net> Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 18:38:43 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Addition of a semantic patch file for listing of functions that check their single parameter This semantic patch pattern tries to find functions that check their single parameter for usability. Example: Null pointer checks are often performed as input parameter validation. It uses Python statements to write information about the found source code places in a data format that is a variant of a CSV text file. Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfr...@users.sourceforge.net> --- .../list_input_parameter_validation1.cocci | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 55 insertions(+) create mode 100644 scripts/coccinelle/deletions/list_input_parameter_validation1.cocci diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/deletions/list_input_parameter_validation1.cocci b/scripts/coccinelle/deletions/list_input_parameter_validation1.cocci new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b0a5a52 --- /dev/null +++ b/scripts/coccinelle/deletions/list_input_parameter_validation1.cocci @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +@initialize:python@ +@@ +import sys +result = [] +mark = ['"', '', '"'] +delimiter = '|' + +def store_positions(fun, typ, point, places): + """Add source code positions to an internal list.""" + for place in places: + fields = [] + fields.append(fun) + + mark[1] = typ + fields.append(''.join(mark)) + + fields.append(point) + + mark[1] = place.file.replace('"', '""') + fields.append(''.join(mark)) + + fields.append(place.line) + fields.append(str(int(place.column) + 1)) + result.append(delimiter.join(fields)) + +@safety_check@ +identifier work, input; +type data_type; +position pos; +statement is, es; +@@ + void work@pos(data_type input) + { + ... when any +( if (input) is else es +| if (likely(input)) is else es +) + ... when any + } + +@script:python collection depends on safety_check@ +typ << safety_check.data_type; +fun << safety_check.work; +point << safety_check.input; +places << safety_check.pos; +@@ +store_positions(fun, typ, point, places) + +@finalize:python@ +@@ +if result: + result.insert(0, delimiter.join(("function", '"data type"', '"parameter"', '"source file"', "line", "column"))) + print("\r\n".join(result)) +else: + sys.stderr.write("No result for this analysis!\n") -- 1.9.0 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/