scripts/checkpatch.pl: add check for multiple terminating semicolons and casts of...

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e3c7fc0..36d6851 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2785,10 +2785,15 @@ sub process {
                }
 
 # check for pointless casting of kmalloc return
-               if ($line =~ /\*\s*\)\s*k[czm]alloc\b/) {
+               if ($line =~ /\*\s*\)\s*[kv][czm]alloc(_node){0,1}\b/) {
                        WARN("unnecessary cast may hide bugs, see http://c-faq.com/malloc/mallocnocast.html\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 
+# check for multiple semicolons
+               if ($line =~ /;\s*;\s*$/) {
+                   WARN("Statements terminations use 1 semicolon\n" . $herecurr);
+               }
+
 # check for gcc specific __FUNCTION__
                if ($line =~ /__FUNCTION__/) {
                        WARN("__func__ should be used instead of gcc specific __FUNCTION__\n"  . $herecurr);