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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl12
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 319cc5f85885..92669904eecc 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2636,6 +2636,11 @@ sub exclude_global_initialisers {
$realfile =~ m@/bpf/.*\.bpf\.c$@;
}
+sub is_userspace {
+ my ($realfile) = @_;
+ return ($realfile =~ m@^tools/@ || $realfile =~ m@^scripts/@);
+}
+
sub process {
my $filename = shift;
@@ -7018,21 +7023,20 @@ sub process {
# }
# }
# }
-
# strcpy uses that should likely be strscpy
- if ($line =~ /\bstrcpy\s*\(/) {
+ if ($line =~ /\bstrcpy\s*\(/ && !is_userspace($realfile)) {
WARN("STRCPY",
"Prefer strscpy over strcpy - see: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/88\n" . $herecurr);
}
# strlcpy uses that should likely be strscpy
- if ($line =~ /\bstrlcpy\s*\(/) {
+ if ($line =~ /\bstrlcpy\s*\(/ && !is_userspace($realfile)) {
WARN("STRLCPY",
"Prefer strscpy over strlcpy - see: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/89\n" . $herecurr);
}
# strncpy uses that should likely be strscpy or strscpy_pad
- if ($line =~ /\bstrncpy\s*\(/) {
+ if ($line =~ /\bstrncpy\s*\(/ && !is_userspace($realfile)) {
WARN("STRNCPY",
"Prefer strscpy, strscpy_pad, or __nonstring over strncpy - see: https://github.com/KSPP/linux/issues/90\n" . $herecurr);
}