linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: Warn about data

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20200401101714.44781-1-elver@google.com>
Date:   Wed,  1 Apr 2020 12:17:14 +0200
From:   Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
To:     elver@...gle.com
Cc:     paulmck@...nel.org, dvyukov@...gle.com, glider@...gle.com,
        andreyknvl@...gle.com, kasan-dev@...glegroups.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, apw@...onical.com, joe@...ches.com,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Warn about data_race() without comment

Warn about applications of data_race() without a comment, to encourage
documenting the reasoning behind why it was deemed safe.

Suggested-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a63380c6b0d2..48bb9508e300 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5833,6 +5833,14 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+# check for data_race without a comment.
+		if ($line =~ /\bdata_race\s*\(/) {
+			if (!ctx_has_comment($first_line, $linenr)) {
+				WARN("DATA_RACE",
+				     "data_race without comment\n" . $herecurr);
+			}
+		}
+
 # check for smp_read_barrier_depends and read_barrier_depends
 		if (!$file && $line =~ /\b(smp_|)read_barrier_depends\s*\(/) {
 			WARN("READ_BARRIER_DEPENDS",
-- 
2.26.0.rc2.310.g2932bb562d-goog