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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
To: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@osadl.org>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: match more world writable permissions
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 16:17:18 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20150317161718.48428cd7a997cfa3ec4be90e@linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1426290223.11459.62.camel@perches.com>

On Fri, 13 Mar 2015 16:43:43 -0700 Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:

> Currently checkpatch will fuss if one uses world writable
> settings in debugfs files and DEVICE_ATTR uses by testing
> S_IWUGO but not testing S_IWOTH, S_IRWXUGO or S_IALLUGO.
> 
> Extend the check to catch all cases exporting world writable
> permissions including octal values.
> 
> @@ -443,6 +443,14 @@ foreach my $entry (@mode_permission_funcs) {
>  	$mode_perms_search .= $entry->[0];
>  }
>  
> +$our $mode_perms_world_writable = qr{
> +	S_IWUGO		|
> +	S_IWOTH		|
> +	S_IRWXUGO	|
> +	S_IALLUGO	|
> +	0[0-7][0-7][2367]
> +}x;
> +

Scalar found where operator expected at scripts/checkpatch.pl line 446, near "$our $mode_perms_world_writable"
        (Missing operator before $mode_perms_world_writable?)
Global symbol "$our" requires explicit package name at scripts/checkpatch.pl line 446.
syntax error at scripts/checkpatch.pl line 446, near "$our $mode_perms_world_writable "
Global symbol "$mode_perms_world_writable" requires explicit package name at scripts/checkpatch.pl line 446.
BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at scripts/checkpatch.pl line 663.

akpm3:/usr/src/25> perl --version

This is perl 5, version 18, subversion 2 (v5.18.2) built for x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi


This?

--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-match-more-world-writable-permissions-fix
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ foreach my $entry (@mode_permission_func
 	$mode_perms_search .= $entry->[0];
 }
 
-$our $mode_perms_world_writable = qr{
+our $mode_perms_world_writable = qr{
 	S_IWUGO		|
 	S_IWOTH		|
 	S_IRWXUGO	|
_


  parent reply	other threads:[~2015-03-17 23:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-03-13 19:23 [PATCH] checkpatch: catch all world writable debugfs_create_file Nicholas Mc Guire
2015-03-13 20:16 ` Joe Perches
2015-03-13 20:42 ` Joe Perches
2015-03-13 23:43 ` [PATCH] checkpatch: match more world writable permissions Joe Perches
2015-03-14  7:35   ` Nicholas Mc Guire
2015-03-14 14:32   ` Guenter Roeck
2015-03-14 15:42     ` Joe Perches
2015-03-17 23:17   ` Andrew Morton [this message]
2015-03-18  5:56     ` Joe Perches

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