linux-kernel - [PATCH v3] checkpatch: warn about direct use of send_sig_info and force_sig

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Date:   Fri,  7 May 2021 15:16:58 +0200
From:   Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
To:     elver@...gle.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, apw@...onical.com, joe@...ches.com,
        dwaipayanray1@...il.com, lukas.bulwahn@...il.com,
        "Eric W . Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] checkpatch: warn about direct use of send_sig_info and force_sig_info

Setting up siginfo and using send_sig_info() and force_sig_info()
directly is discouraged. Instead, new code wanting to generate signals
should use the appropriate helper specific to the signal.

Eric mentioned that he'd like to make these static at some point, but
until that can happen, let's try to avoid introducing new users of them.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/m17dkjttpj.fsf@fess.ebiederm.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/m1eeej3g52.fsf@fess.ebiederm.org
Cc: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
---
v3:
* Reword warning message (Joe Perches).
* Simplify regex (Joe Perches).

v2:
* Use ?: because we don't need $2 (suggested by Dwaipayan Ray).

v1: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210506132827.3198497-1-elver@google.com
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index ccb412a74725..c714543818e5 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -7153,6 +7153,12 @@ sub process {
 			     "Where possible, use lockdep_assert_held instead of assertions based on spin_is_locked\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# check for direct use of send_sig_info(), force_sig_info()
+		if ($sline =~ /\b(force_sig_info|send_sig_info)\s*\(/) {
+			WARN("USE_SIGINFO_HELPER",
+			     "Prefer signal-specific helpers over use of '$1' (see: include/linux/sched/signal.h)\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # check for deprecated apis
 		if ($line =~ /\b($deprecated_apis_search)\b\s*\(/) {
 			my $deprecated_api = $1;
-- 
2.31.1.607.g51e8a6a459-goog