[PATCH v2 2/3] scripts: checkpatch.pl: add warning for strlcat()
Manuel Ebner <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.workflows,org.kernel.vger.linux-doc,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
|---|---|
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
add a warning for strlcat() Signed-off-by: Manuel Ebner <[email protected]> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 0492d6afc9a1..4c1b43ebe00d 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -7085,6 +7085,12 @@ sub process { "Prefer strscpy over strlcpy - see: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/89\n" . $herecurr); } +# strlcat uses that should be a more supported function + if ($line =~ /\bstrlcat\s*\(/ && !is_userspace($realfile)) { + WARN("STRLCAT", + "Prefer a more supported function over strlcat - see: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/370\n" . $herecurr); + } + # strncpy uses that should likely be strscpy or strscpy_pad if ($line =~ /\bstrncpy\s*\(/ && !is_userspace($realfile)) { WARN("STRNCPY", -- 2.54.0