From 6061d949dd984c762ee272a88e77699fa675d1c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:02:16 -0700 Subject: include/ and checkpatch: prefer __scanf to __attribute__((format(scanf,...) It's equivalent to __printf, so prefer __scanf. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'scripts') diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index a3b9782441f9..89d24b3ea438 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3123,6 +3123,12 @@ sub process { "__printf(string-index, first-to-check) is preferred over __attribute__((format(printf, string-index, first-to-check)))\n" . $herecurr); } +# Check for __attribute__ format(scanf, prefer __scanf + if ($line =~ /\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(\s*format\s*\(\s*scanf\b/) { + WARN("PREFER_SCANF", + "__scanf(string-index, first-to-check) is preferred over __attribute__((format(scanf, string-index, first-to-check)))\n" . $herecurr); + } + # check for sizeof(&) if ($line =~ /\bsizeof\s*\(\s*\&/) { WARN("SIZEOF_ADDRESS", -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2