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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 69c4716d9e27..f04fe88d998d 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -5157,6 +5157,14 @@ sub process { } } +# Check for memcmp(foo, bar, ETH_ALEN) that could be ether_addr_equal*(foo, bar) + if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 && + defined $stat && + $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemcmp\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/) { + WARN("PREFER_ETHER_ADDR_EQUAL", + "Prefer ether_addr_equal() or ether_addr_equal_unaligned() over memcmp()\n" . "$here\n$stat\n") + } + # typecasts on min/max could be min_t/max_t if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 && defined $stat && |