Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Add test for printf formats with 0x that emit decimal

From: Hans Wennborg
Date: Sun Aug 03 2014 - 23:02:51 EST


On 08/03/2014 07:50 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
0x%<foo> should be used to emit hexadecimal values.

Uses of 0x%[udi] emit decimal values but these should
probably instead use 0x%x variants.

Warn on these uses.

Good idea!


Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Noticed-by: Hans Wennborg <hans@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++++
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index da74e65..0178fe0 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4985,6 +4985,10 @@ sub process {
while ($line =~ /(?:^|")([X\t]*)(?:"|$)/g) {
$string = substr($rawline, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1]);
$string =~ s/%%/__/g;
+ if ($string =~ /(0x(?<!%)%[0-9.\*]*[Ll]*[udi])(?![xX])/) {

Maybe the regex should have a \b to check for a word boundary before the 0 to avoid matching things like "800x%d"? (I don't know if that occurs in the kernel, but I've seen it elsewhere.)

- Hans
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