checkpatch: add 'Prefer ARRAY_SIZE" test
Add a test for sizeof(foo)/sizeof(foo[0]) that could be ARRAY_SIZE(foo).
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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 ea628eb..6c11cb6 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3227,6 +3227,19 @@
$herecurr);
}
+# check for sizeof(foo)/sizeof(foo[0]) that could be ARRAY_SIZE(foo)
+ if ($line =~ m@\bsizeof\s*\(\s*($Lval)\s*\)@) {
+ my $array = $1;
+ if ($line =~ m@\b(sizeof\s*\(\s*\Q$array\E\s*\)\s*/\s*sizeof\s*\(\s*\Q$array\E\s*\[\s*0\s*\]\s*\))@) {
+ my $array_div = $1;
+ if (WARN("ARRAY_SIZE",
+ "Prefer ARRAY_SIZE($array)\n" . $herecurr) &&
+ $fix) {
+ $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\Q$array_div\E/ARRAY_SIZE($array)/;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+
# check for function declarations without arguments like "int foo()"
if ($line =~ /(\b$Type\s+$Ident)\s*\(\s*\)/) {
if (ERROR("FUNCTION_WITHOUT_ARGS",