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a=openpgp-sha256; l=1425; i=allyheev@gmail.com; h=from:subject:message-id; bh=tkAGkZZm4VXBDBIYaN4VChrZKvpzE6+s6VHxe8EmXVs=; b=owGbwMvMwCU2zXbRFfvr1TKMp9WSGDJ+b69OE5hxadfN1B8RE+/t1/v38+M+v2mXV02b+ibwy RTbqltrGDpKWRjEuBhkxRRZGEWl/PQ2SU2IO5z0DWYOKxPIEAYuTgGYSN98RobrNh8nPlTt+yIv o7H05CzFCQ90xZUdSmK0pRZt61+9/ZYFI8PGVKNg1e3zBZY/XzH5WdJnhja9wN7oZ1abNCadFDc 4ocEGAA== X-Developer-Key: i=allyheev@gmail.com; a=openpgp; fpr=01151A4E2EB21A905EC362F6963DA2D43FD77B1C Badly initialized pointers with __free attr can cause cleanup issues. So, Adding checks for - uninitialized pointers - initialized pointers with NULL Testing: ran checkpatch.pl before and after the change on crypto/asymmetric_keys/x509_public_key.c, which has both initialized with NULL and uninitialized pointers --- Changes in v2: - change cover letter and title to reflect new changes - fix regex to handle multiple declarations in a single line case - convert WARN to ERROR for uninitialized pointers - add a new WARN for pointers initialized with NULL - NOTE: tried handling multiple declarations on a single line by splitting them and matching the parts with regex, but, it turned out to be complex and overkill. Moreover, multi-line declarations pose a threat - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20251021-aheev-checkpatch-uninitialized-free-v1-1-18fb01bc6a7a@gmail.com --- Ally Heev (2): checkpatch: add uninitialized pointer with __free attribute check add check for pointers with __free attribute initialized to NULL Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst | 11 +++++++++++ scripts/checkpatch.pl | 13 +++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+) --- base-commit: 6548d364a3e850326831799d7e3ea2d7bb97ba08 change-id: 20251021-aheev-checkpatch-uninitialized-free-5c39f75e10a1 Best regards, -- Ally Heev