linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Coccinelle : Script to detect cast after memory allocation

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Date:	Sat, 14 Jun 2014 10:01:54 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:	Himangi Saraogi <himangi774@...il.com>,
	Gilles Muller <Gilles.Muller@...6.fr>,
	Nicolas Palix <nicolas.palix@...g.fr>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>, cocci@...teme.lip6.fr,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Coccinelle : Script to detect cast after memory
 allocation

On Sat, 2014-06-14 at 18:11 +0200, Julia Lawall wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Jun 2014, Joe Perches wrote:
[]
> > Perhaps make this more generic for any void *?
> > 
> > Something like:
> > 
> > @@
> > void *t;
> > type other;
> > @@
> > 
> > -       (other *)t
> > +       t
[]
> Perhaps it would be reasonable to add this among the specific functions.  
> That is, t could be part of the disjunctions.

You do have to make sure that the
"casted to" type is not dereferenced.

ie: don't transform

void func(void *foo)
{
	unsigned long bar = *(unsigned long *)foo;
}

Also there may be some __user cast types and
such that may be necessary to exclude too.



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