Use the kstrto<foo> functions in preference to sscanf.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 7774025..862cc7a 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4314,6 +4314,27 @@ sub process {
"unchecked sscanf return value\n" .
"$here\n$stat_real\n");
}
+# check for simple sscanf that should be kstrto<foo>
+ if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+ defined $stat &&
+ $line =~ /\bsscanf\b/) {
+ my $lc = $stat =~ tr@\n@@;
+ $lc = $lc + $linenr;
+ my $stat_real = raw_line($linenr, 0);
+ for (my $count = $linenr + 1; $count <= $lc; $count++) {
+ $stat_real = $stat_real . "\n" .
raw_line($count, 0);
+ }
+ if ($stat_real =~
/\bsscanf\b\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*("[^"]+")/) {
+ my $format = $6;
+ my $count = $format =~ tr@%@%@;
+ if ($count == 1 &&
+ $format =~
/^"\%(?i:ll[udxi]|[udxi]ll|ll|[hl]h?[udxi]|[udxi][hl]h?|[hl]h?|[udxi])"$/) {
+ WARN("SSCANF_TO_KSTRTO",
+ "Prefer kstrto<type> to single
variable sscanf\n" . "$here\n$stat_real\n");
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
# check for new externs in .h files.
if ($realfile =~ /\.h$/ &&
$line =~ /^\+\s*(extern\s+)$Type\s*$Ident\s*\(/s) {
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