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authorAndré Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu>2015-08-05 17:04:01 -0300
committerAndré Fabian Silva Delgado <emulatorman@parabola.nu>2015-08-05 17:04:01 -0300
commit57f0f512b273f60d52568b8c6b77e17f5636edc0 (patch)
tree5e910f0e82173f4ef4f51111366a3f1299037a7b /scripts/coccinelle/free/ifnullfree.cocci
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+/// NULL check before some freeing functions is not needed.
+///
+/// Based on checkpatch warning
+/// "kfree(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required"
+/// and kfreeaddr.cocci by Julia Lawall.
+///
+// Copyright: (C) 2014 Fabian Frederick. GPLv2.
+// Comments: -
+// Options: --no-includes --include-headers
+
+virtual patch
+virtual org
+virtual report
+virtual context
+
+@r2 depends on patch@
+expression E;
+@@
+- if (E)
+(
+- kfree(E);
++ kfree(E);
+|
+- debugfs_remove(E);
++ debugfs_remove(E);
+|
+- debugfs_remove_recursive(E);
++ debugfs_remove_recursive(E);
+|
+- usb_free_urb(E);
++ usb_free_urb(E);
+)
+
+@r depends on context || report || org @
+expression E;
+position p;
+@@
+
+* if (E)
+* \(kfree@p\|debugfs_remove@p\|debugfs_remove_recursive@p\|usb_free_urb\)(E);
+
+@script:python depends on org@
+p << r.p;
+@@
+
+cocci.print_main("NULL check before that freeing function is not needed", p)
+
+@script:python depends on report@
+p << r.p;
+@@
+
+msg = "WARNING: NULL check before freeing functions like kfree, debugfs_remove, debugfs_remove_recursive or usb_free_urb is not needed. Maybe consider reorganizing relevant code to avoid passing NULL values."
+coccilib.report.print_report(p[0], msg)