linux-kernel - [PATCH V2] checkpatch: Add check for use of sizeof without parenthesis

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Date:	Wed, 11 Jul 2012 22:23:32 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	mm-commits@...r.kernel.org, apw@...onical.com,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH V2] checkpatch: Add check for use of sizeof without
 parenthesis

Kernel style uses parenthesis around sizeof.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
Add check that works for sizeof *foo as well as sizeof foo

 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 7190f95..72c1803 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3265,6 +3265,12 @@ sub process {
 			     "sizeof(& should be avoided\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# check for sizeof without parenthesis
+		if ($line =~ /\bsizeof\s+((?:\*\s*|)$Lval|$Type(?:\s+$Lval|))/) {
+			WARN("SIZEOF_PARENTHESIS",
+			     "sizeof $1 should be sizeof($1)\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # check for line continuations in quoted strings with odd counts of "
 		if ($rawline =~ /\\$/ && $rawline =~ tr/"/"/ % 2) {
 			WARN("LINE_CONTINUATIONS",


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