linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: detect leading * in NULL comparison check

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Date:	Sun, 13 Dec 2015 12:59:52 -0500
From:	"S. Gilles" <sgilles@...h.umd.edu>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	"S. Gilles" <sgilles@...h.umd.edu>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: detect leading * in NULL comparison check

Prevent checkpatch.pl from emitting messages like

  CHECK: Comparison to NULL could be written "!rx_p"
  #51: FILE: drivers/staging/iio/accel/sca3000_ring.c:51:
  +       if (*rx_p == NULL) {

by checking for leading * characters in the comparison value.

Signed-off-by: S. Gilles <sgilles@...h.umd.edu>
---

I've run this through everything in staging/ as a test, it seems to
work okay.

 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d4960f7..e549d59 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4995,10 +4995,10 @@ sub process {
 
 # check for pointer comparisons to NULL
 		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0) {
-			while ($line =~ /\b$LvalOrFunc\s*(==|\!=)\s*NULL\b/g) {
-				my $val = $1;
+			while ($line =~ /([\*]*)\b$LvalOrFunc\s*(==|\!=)\s*NULL\b/g) {
+				my $val = $1 . $2;
 				my $equal = "!";
-				$equal = "" if ($4 eq "!=");
+				$equal = "" if ($5 eq "!=");
 				if (CHK("COMPARISON_TO_NULL",
 					"Comparison to NULL could be written \"${equal}${val}\"\n" . $herecurr) &&
 					    $fix) {
-- 
2.6.3

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