Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753003AbbDSTEY (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Apr 2015 15:04:24 -0400 Received: from mail-la0-f44.google.com ([209.85.215.44]:35788 "EHLO mail-la0-f44.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752280AbbDSTES (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Apr 2015 15:04:18 -0400 From: Mateusz Kulikowski To: joe@perches.com, apw@canonical.com Cc: Mateusz Kulikowski , davem@davemloft.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH 1/2] checkpatch: suggest using ether_addr_equal*() Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 21:04:05 +0200 Message-Id: <1429470246-15988-2-git-send-email-mateusz.kulikowski@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.4.1 In-Reply-To: <1429470246-15988-1-git-send-email-mateusz.kulikowski@gmail.com> References: <1429470246-15988-1-git-send-email-mateusz.kulikowski@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1158 Lines: 34 Check if memcmp() is used to compare ethernet addresses and suggest using ether_addr_equal() or ether_addr_equal_unaligned() Signed-off-by: Mateusz Kulikowski --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 89b1df4..3a1a01e 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -5035,6 +5035,13 @@ sub process { } } +# Check for memcmp(foo, bar, ETH_ALEN) that could be ether_addr_equal*(foo, bar) + if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 && + $line =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemcmp\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/s) { + WARN("PREFER_ETHER_ADDR_EQUAL", + "Prefer ether_addr_equal() or ether_addr_equal_unaligned() over memcmp()\n" . $herecurr) + } + # typecasts on min/max could be min_t/max_t if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 && defined $stat && -- 1.8.4.1 -- 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/