Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Don't test for prefer ether_addr_<foo>

[Greg]

On Wed, 2016-08-31 at 10:48 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> < sigh > Comment these tests out.
> 
> These are just too enticing to people that don't verify that
> both source and dest addresses really must be __aligned(2).
> 
> It helps make Dan Carpenter happy too.

Having just been snagged by this it will make me happy too.

- Greg

> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------------
>  1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 35 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index bdc12d9..3f7245c 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -5568,46 +5568,46 @@ sub process {
>  		}
>  
>  # Check for memcpy(foo, bar, ETH_ALEN) that could be ether_addr_copy(foo, bar)
> -		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
> -		    defined $stat &&
> -		    $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemcpy\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/) {
> -			if (WARN("PREFER_ETHER_ADDR_COPY",
> -				 "Prefer ether_addr_copy() over memcpy() if the Ethernet addresses are __aligned(2)\n" . "$here\n$stat\n") &&
> -			    $fix) {
> -				$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bmemcpy\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/ether_addr_copy($2, $7)/;
> -			}
> -		}
> +#		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
> +#		    defined $stat &&
> +#		    $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemcpy\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/) {
> +#			if (WARN("PREFER_ETHER_ADDR_COPY",
> +#				 "Prefer ether_addr_copy() over memcpy() if the Ethernet addresses are __aligned(2)\n" . "$here\n$stat\n") &&
> +#			    $fix) {
> +#				$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bmemcpy\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/ether_addr_copy($2, $7)/;
> +#			}
> +#		}
>  
>  # Check for memcmp(foo, bar, ETH_ALEN) that could be ether_addr_equal*(foo, bar)
> -		if ($^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")
> -		}
> +#		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")
> +#		}
>  
>  # check for memset(foo, 0x0, ETH_ALEN) that could be eth_zero_addr
>  # check for memset(foo, 0xFF, ETH_ALEN) that could be eth_broadcast_addr
> -		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
> -		    defined $stat &&
> -		    $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemset\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/) {
> -
> -			my $ms_val = $7;
> -
> -			if ($ms_val =~ /^(?:0x|)0+$/i) {
> -				if (WARN("PREFER_ETH_ZERO_ADDR",
> -					 "Prefer eth_zero_addr over memset()\n" . "$here\n$stat\n") &&
> -				    $fix) {
> -					$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bmemset\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/eth_zero_addr($2)/;
> -				}
> -			} elsif ($ms_val =~ /^(?:0xff|255)$/i) {
> -				if (WARN("PREFER_ETH_BROADCAST_ADDR",
> -					 "Prefer eth_broadcast_addr() over memset()\n" . "$here\n$stat\n") &&
> -				    $fix) {
> -					$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bmemset\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/eth_broadcast_addr($2)/;
> -				}
> -			}
> -		}
> +#		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
> +#		    defined $stat &&
> +#		    $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemset\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/) {
> +#
> +#			my $ms_val = $7;
> +#
> +#			if ($ms_val =~ /^(?:0x|)0+$/i) {
> +#				if (WARN("PREFER_ETH_ZERO_ADDR",
> +#					 "Prefer eth_zero_addr over memset()\n" . "$here\n$stat\n") &&
> +#				    $fix) {
> +#					$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bmemset\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/eth_zero_addr($2)/;
> +#				}
> +#			} elsif ($ms_val =~ /^(?:0xff|255)$/i) {
> +#				if (WARN("PREFER_ETH_BROADCAST_ADDR",
> +#					 "Prefer eth_broadcast_addr() over memset()\n" . "$here\n$stat\n") &&
> +#				    $fix) {
> +#					$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bmemset\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/eth_broadcast_addr($2)/;
> +#				}
> +#			}
> +#		}
>  
>  # typecasts on min/max could be min_t/max_t
>  		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&