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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-14 14:12:18 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-14 14:12:18 -0700
commit45e3e1935e2857c54783291107d33323b3ef33c8 (patch)
tree26a6e3228b52d0f96f6e56e5879ca898fe909592 /scripts/headers_check.pl
parentcf5046323ea254be72535648a9d090b18b8510f3 (diff)
parent3f8d9ced7746f3f329ccca0bb3f3c7a2c15c47bb (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-next
* 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/kbuild-next: (53 commits) .gitignore: ignore *.lzma files kbuild: add generic --set-str option to scripts/config kbuild: simplify argument loop in scripts/config kbuild: handle non-existing options in scripts/config kallsyms: generalize text region handling kallsyms: support kernel symbols in Blackfin on-chip memory documentation: make version fix kbuild: fix a compile warning gitignore: Add GNU GLOBAL files to top .gitignore kbuild: fix delay in setlocalversion on readonly source README: fix misleading pointer to the defconf directory vmlinux.lds.h update kernel-doc: cleanup perl script Improve vmlinux.lds.h support for arch specific linker scripts kbuild: fix headers_exports with boolean expression kbuild/headers_check: refine extern check kbuild: fix "Argument list too long" error for "make headers_check", ignore *.patch files Remove bashisms from scripts menu: fix embedded menu presentation ...
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/headers_check.pl')
-rw-r--r--scripts/headers_check.pl14
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/headers_check.pl b/scripts/headers_check.pl
index 56f90a480899..db1dd7a549f2 100644
--- a/scripts/headers_check.pl
+++ b/scripts/headers_check.pl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
#
# headers_check.pl execute a number of trivial consistency checks
#
-# Usage: headers_check.pl dir [files...]
+# Usage: headers_check.pl dir arch [files...]
# dir: dir to look for included files
# arch: architecture
# files: list of files to check
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ foreach my $file (@files) {
&check_include();
&check_asm_types();
&check_sizetypes();
- &check_prototypes();
+ &check_declarations();
# Dropped for now. Too much noise &check_config();
}
close FH;
@@ -61,16 +61,18 @@ sub check_include
}
}
-sub check_prototypes
+sub check_declarations
{
- if ($line =~ m/^\s*extern\b/) {
- printf STDERR "$filename:$lineno: extern's make no sense in userspace\n";
+ if ($line =~m/^\s*extern\b/) {
+ printf STDERR "$filename:$lineno: " .
+ "userspace cannot call function or variable " .
+ "defined in the kernel\n";
}
}
sub check_config
{
- if ($line =~ m/[^a-zA-Z0-9_]+CONFIG_([a-zA-Z0-9]+)[^a-zA-Z0-9]/) {
+ if ($line =~ m/[^a-zA-Z0-9_]+CONFIG_([a-zA-Z0-9_]+)[^a-zA-Z0-9_]/) {
printf STDERR "$filename:$lineno: leaks CONFIG_$1 to userspace where it is not valid\n";
}
}