linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: New instances of ENOSYS are errors

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Date:	Thu, 21 Aug 2014 23:13:20 -0500
From:	Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
To:	"Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: New instances of ENOSYS are errors

ENOSYS means that a nonexistent system call was called.  We have a
bad habit of using it for things like invalid operations on
otherwise valid syscalls.  We should avoid this in new code.

Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
---

Pervasive incorrect usage of ENOSYS came up at the kernel summit ABI
review discussion.  Let's see if checkpatch can help.

 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 182be0f..5749a44 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2372,6 +2372,15 @@ sub process {
 			     "Using $1 is unnecessary\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# ENOSYS means "bad syscall nr" and nothing else
+# (note that this doesn't run on assembly files, so entry*.S is okay)
+		if ($line =~ /ENOSYS/) {
+			my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($line) . "\n";
+			ERROR("ENOSYS",
+			      "ENOSYS means 'invalid syscall nr' and nothing else\n" .
+			      "       (ignore if this really is syscall entry code)\n" . $herevet);
+		}
+
 # Check for potential 'bare' types
 		my ($stat, $cond, $line_nr_next, $remain_next, $off_next,
 		    $realline_next);
-- 
1.9.3

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