From bfac6d1933a5fd8198e622dfd19196c2cc6cf74b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dov Murik Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 17:26:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Detect '%#' or '%0#' in printf-style format strings MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit According to the coding style document, we should use literal '0x' prefix instead of printf's '#' flag (which appears as '%#' or '%0#' in the format string). Add a checkpatch rule to enforce that. Note that checkpatch already had a similar rule for trace-events files. Example usage: $ scripts/checkpatch.pl --file chardev/baum.c ... ERROR: Don't use '#' flag of printf format ('%#') in format strings, use '0x' prefix instead #366: FILE: chardev/baum.c:366: + DPRINTF("Broken packet %#2x, tossing\n", req); \ ... ERROR: Don't use '#' flag of printf format ('%#') in format strings, use '0x' prefix instead #472: FILE: chardev/baum.c:472: + DPRINTF("unrecognized request %0#2x\n", req); ... Signed-off-by: Dov Murik Message-Id: <20200914172623.72955-1-dovmurik@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini Reviewed-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 10 ++++++++-- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index ca4445ffe9..6ed34970f9 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2880,14 +2880,20 @@ sub process { $herecurr); } -# check for %L{u,d,i} in strings +# format strings checks my $string; while ($line =~ /(?:^|")([X\t]*)(?:"|$)/g) { $string = substr($rawline, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1]); $string =~ s/%%/__/g; + # check for %L{u,d,i} in strings if ($string =~ /(?