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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 69c4716..f04fe88 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5157,6 +5157,14 @@ sub process {
}
}
+# Check for memcmp(foo, bar, ETH_ALEN) that could be ether_addr_equal*(foo, bar)
+ if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+ defined $stat &&
+ $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemcmp\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/) {
+ WARN("PREFER_ETHER_ADDR_EQUAL",
+ "Prefer ether_addr_equal() or ether_addr_equal_unaligned() over memcmp()\n" . "$here\n$stat\n")
+ }
+
# typecasts on min/max could be min_t/max_t
if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
defined $stat &&