Warn on probable misuses of logging functions with KERN_<LEVEL> like pr_err(KERN_ERR "foo\n");
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| @@ -4447,6 +4447,17 @@ sub process { · 4446 unmodified lines | |||
| 4447 | } | 4447 | } |
| 4448 | } | 4448 | } |
| 4449 | 4449 | ||
| 4450 | # check for logging functions with KERN_<LEVEL> | ||
| 4451 | if ($line !~ /printk\s*\(/ && | ||
| 4452 | $line =~ /\b$logFunctions\s*\(.*\b(KERN_[A-Z]+)\b/) { | ||
| 4453 | my $level = $1; | ||
| 4454 | if (WARN("UNNECESSARY_KERN_LEVEL", | ||
| 4455 | "Possible unnecessary $level\n" . $herecurr) && | ||
| 4456 | $fix) { | ||
| 4457 | $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\s*$level\s*//; | ||
| 4458 | } | ||
| 4459 | } | ||
| 4460 | |||
| 4450 | # check for bad placement of section $InitAttribute (e.g.: __initdata) | 4461 | # check for bad placement of section $InitAttribute (e.g.: __initdata) |
| 4451 | if ($line =~ /(\b$InitAttribute\b)/) { | 4462 | if ($line =~ /(\b$InitAttribute\b)/) { |
| 4452 | my $attr = $1; | 4463 | my $attr = $1; |