Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752092Ab2KQTAr (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:00:47 -0500 Received: from perches-mx.perches.com ([206.117.179.246]:45888 "EHLO labridge.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752031Ab2KQTAq (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:00:46 -0500 Message-ID: <1353178846.15959.2.camel@joe-AO722> Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] checkpatch: debugfs_remove() can take NULL From: Joe Perches To: Constantine Shulyupin Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, gregkh@linuxfoundation.org, Andy Whitcroft Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 11:00:46 -0800 In-Reply-To: <1353178462-3868-1-git-send-email-const@MakeLinux.com> References: <1353178462-3868-1-git-send-email-const@MakeLinux.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.6.0-0ubuntu3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1173 Lines: 34 On Sat, 2012-11-17 at 20:54 +0200, Constantine Shulyupin wrote: > From: Constantine Shulyupin Hi Constantine. > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl [] > +# check for needless debugfs_remove() and debugfs_remove_recursive*() checks > + if ($line =~ /\b(debugfs_remove(?:_recursive)?)$expr/) { > + WARN("NEEDLESS_DEBUGFS_REMOVE", > + "$1(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required\n" . $hereprev); > + } OK, > +# check for needless debugfs_remove_recursive() and debugfs_remove_recursive*() checks > + if ($line =~ /\b(debugfs_remove_recursive(?:_recursive)?)$expr/) { > + WARN("NEEDLESS_DEBUGFS_REMOVE_RECURSIVE", > + "$1(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required\n" . $hereprev); > + } You don't need thus second block. The first check finds both debugfs_remove(foo) and debugfs_remove_recursive(bar) The second one is redundant -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/