checkpatch: add check for array allocator family argument order
authorLiao Chang <liaochang1@huawei.com>
Fri, 4 Nov 2022 07:05:23 +0000 (15:05 +0800)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 1 Dec 2022 00:13:16 +0000 (16:13 -0800)
commit3965292ad0ca70320f1c632f2ac3b886c88b9e80
treee12b81168e39c29102ba566dd43238c872830a0f
parentd04bb0852b8bd31c53981a04ff0132698d24523d
checkpatch: add check for array allocator family argument order

These array allocator family are sometimes misused with the first and
second arguments switched.

Same issue with calloc, kvcalloc, kvmalloc_array etc.

Bleat if sizeof is the first argument.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/5374345c-7973-6a3c-d559-73bf4ac15079@redhat.com/
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221104070523.60296-1-liaochang1@huawei.com
Signed-off-by: Liao Chang <liaochang1@huawei.com>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Cc: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>
Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com>
Cc: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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