This patch enhances the check for seq_printf uses that could
be seq_puts.
It was considering the escape of % is \%, but it is %%.
This led to skipping some valid cases related to that warning.
Signed-off-by: Heba Aamer <heba93aa...@gmail.com>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 13 ++++++++-----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index f0bb6d6..0b125ca 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4804,11 +4804,14 @@ sub process {
# check for seq_printf uses that could be seq_puts
if ($sline =~ /\bseq_printf\s*\(.*"\s*\)\s*;\s*$/) {
my $fmt = get_quoted_string($line, $rawline);
- if ($fmt ne "" && $fmt !~ /[^\\]\%/) {
- if (WARN("PREFER_SEQ_PUTS",
- "Prefer seq_puts to seq_printf\n" .
$herecurr) &&
- $fix) {
- $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~
s/\bseq_printf\b/seq_puts/;
+ if ($fmt ne "") {
+ $fmt =~ s/%%//g;
+ if ($fmt !~ /%/) {
+ if (WARN("PREFER_SEQ_PUTS",
+ "Prefer seq_puts to
seq_printf\n" . $herecurr) &&
+ $fix) {
+ $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~
s/\bseq_printf\b/seq_puts/;
+ }
}
}
}
--
1.7.9.5
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