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checkpatch: add --strict preference for p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p)... 

Add another test for memory allocation style to follow
Documentation/CodingStyle:

		Chapter 14: Allocating memory

The preferred form for passing a size of a struct is the following:

	p = kmalloc(sizeof(*p), ...);

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Joe Perches 2013-07-03 15:05:21 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
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@ -3507,6 +3507,14 @@ sub process {
"unnecessary cast may hide bugs, see http://c-faq.com/malloc/mallocnocast.html\n" . $herecurr);
}
# alloc style
# p = alloc(sizeof(struct foo), ...) should be p = alloc(sizeof(*p), ...)
if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
$line =~ /\b($Lval)\s*\=\s*(?:$balanced_parens)?\s*([kv][mz]alloc(?:_node)?)\s*\(\s*(sizeof\s*\(\s*struct\s+$Lval\s*\))/) {
CHK("ALLOC_SIZEOF_STRUCT",
"Prefer $3(sizeof(*$1)...) over $3($4...)\n" . $herecurr);
}
# check for krealloc arg reuse
if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
$line =~ /\b($Lval)\s*\=\s*(?:$balanced_parens)?\s*krealloc\s*\(\s*\1\s*,/) {