[PATCH] checkpatch: Add devres_alloc() to allocation functions
From: phucduc . bui
Date: Tue Aug 11 2026 - 22:43:39 EST
From: bui duc phuc <phucduc.bui@xxxxxxxxx>
Add devres_alloc() to $allocFunctions so checkpatch.pl can detect
unnecessary out-of-memory messages following a failed allocation.
Signed-off-by: bui duc phuc <phucduc.bui@xxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2b7a42bbdd94..df042d31ff1f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -644,7 +644,8 @@ our $allocFunctions = qr{(?x:
kmemdup(?:_nul)?) |
(?:\w+)?alloc_skb(?:_ip_align)? |
# dev_alloc_skb/netdev_alloc_skb, et al
- dma_alloc_coherent
+ dma_alloc_coherent |
+ devres_alloc
)};
our $signature_tags = qr{(?xi:
--
2.43.0