On 12/26/2015 11:58 PM, Julia Lawall wrote:
> The error return value of platform_get_irq seems to often get dropped.
>
> Signed-off-by: Julia Lawall <Julia.Lawall at lip6.fr>
>
> ---
>
> v2: Check for the direct return case also. Added some mailing lists of
> common offenders.
>
> diff --git a/scripts/coccinelle/api/platform_get_irq_return.cocci
> b/scripts/coccinelle/api/platform_get_irq_return.cocci
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..44680d0
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/scripts/coccinelle/api/platform_get_irq_return.cocci
> @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
> +/// Propagate the return value of platform_get_irq.
> +//# Sometimes the return value of platform_get_irq is tested using <= 0, but > 0
> +//# might not be an appropriate return value in an error case.
> +///
> +// Confidence: Moderate
> +// Copyright: (C) 2015 Julia Lawall, Inria. GPLv2.
> +// URL: http://coccinelle.lip6.fr/
> +// Options: --no-includes --include-headers
> +
> +virtual context
> +virtual org
> +virtual report
> +
> +//
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> +
> + at r depends on context || org || report@
> +constant C;
> +statement S;
> +expression e, ret;
> +position j0, j1;
> +@@
> +
> +* e at j0 = platform_get_irq(...);
> +(
> +if at j1 (...) {
> + ...
> + return -C;
> +} else S
> +|
> +if at j1 (...) {
> + ...
> + ret = -C;
> + ...
> + return ret;
> +} else S
Well, this seems to also cover the (e <= 0) checks which do make same
sense in the light of Linus considering IRQ0 invalid. So I'd be more specific
about the checks here -- 0 should indeed be overridden with something if it's
considered invalid.
MBR, Sergei
