linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] make checkpatch warn about access to current->comm

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Date:	Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:50:18 +0900 (JST)
From:	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...radead.org>
Cc:	kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Christoph Bartelmus <lirc@...telmus.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] make checkpatch warn about access to current->comm

> +# direct access to current task name is racy, suggest accessor instead.
> +		if ($line =~ /current\-\>comm/) {
> +			WARN("direct access to current->comm is racy, use get_task_comm() instead.\n" . $herecurr);
> +		}
> +
>  # use of NR_CPUS is usually wrong
>  # ignore definitions of NR_CPUS and usage to define arrays as likely right
>  		if ($line =~ /\bNR_CPUS\b/ &&


./scripts/checkpatch --file fs/exec.c
------------------------------------------------------
WARNING: direct access to current->comm is racy, use get_task_comm() instead.
#952: FILE: exec.c:952:
+       char tcomm[sizeof(current->comm)];

(snip)

WARNING: direct access to current->comm is racy, use get_task_comm() instead.
#1459: FILE: exec.c:1459:
+                                             "%s", current->comm);

(snip)

WARNING: direct access to current->comm is racy, use get_task_comm() instead.
#1788: FILE: exec.c:1788:
+               if (!strcmp(delimit, current->comm)) {

---------------------------

I think "char tcomm[sizeof(current->comm)];" is valid code.
if checkpatch.pl don't warn "sizeof(current->comm)", I'm glad.



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