+ checkpatch-improve-alloc_array_args-test.patch added to -mm tree

+ checkpatch-improve-alloc_array_args-test.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

The patch titled
     Subject: checkpatch: improve ALLOC_ARRAY_ARGS test
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     checkpatch-improve-alloc_array_args-test.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-improve-alloc_array_args-test.patch
and later at
    https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-improve-alloc_array_args-test.patch

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From: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Subject: checkpatch: improve ALLOC_ARRAY_ARGS test

The devm_ variant of 'kcalloc()' and 'kmalloc_array()' are not tested
Add the corresponding check.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/205fc4847972fb6779abcc8818f39c14d1b45af1.1618595794.git.christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr
Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-improve-alloc_array_args-test
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6911,7 +6911,7 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # check for alloc argument mismatch
-		if ($line =~ /\b(kcalloc|kmalloc_array)\s*\(\s*sizeof\b/) {
+		if ($line =~ /\b((?:devm_)?(?:kcalloc|kmalloc_array))\s*\(\s*sizeof\b/) {
 			WARN("ALLOC_ARRAY_ARGS",
 			     "$1 uses number as first arg, sizeof is generally wrong\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr are

checkpatch-improve-alloc_array_args-test.patch