1 //===--- MustCheckErrsCheck.h - clang-tidy ----------------------*- C++ -*-===//
3 // Part of the LLVM Project, under the Apache License v2.0 with LLVM Exceptions.
4 // See https://llvm.org/LICENSE.txt for license information.
5 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 WITH LLVM-exception
7 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
9 #ifndef LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_LINUXKERNEL_MUSTCHECKERRSCHECK_H
10 #define LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_LINUXKERNEL_MUSTCHECKERRSCHECK_H
12 #include "../ClangTidyCheck.h"
16 namespace linuxkernel
{
18 /// Checks Linux kernel code to see if it uses the results from the functions in
19 /// linux/err.h. Also checks to see if code uses the results from functions that
20 /// directly return a value from one of these error functions.
22 /// This is important in the Linux kernel because ERR_PTR, PTR_ERR, IS_ERR,
23 /// IS_ERR_OR_NULL, ERR_CAST, and PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO return values must be checked,
24 /// since positive pointers and negative error codes are being used in the same
25 /// context. These functions are marked with
26 /// __attribute__((warn_unused_result)), but some kernel versions do not have
27 /// this warning enabled for clang.
29 /// For the user-facing documentation see:
30 /// http://clang.llvm.org/extra/clang-tidy/checks/linuxkernel/must-use-errs.html
31 class MustCheckErrsCheck
: public ClangTidyCheck
{
33 MustCheckErrsCheck(StringRef Name
, ClangTidyContext
*Context
)
34 : ClangTidyCheck(Name
, Context
) {}
35 void registerMatchers(ast_matchers::MatchFinder
*Finder
) override
;
36 void check(const ast_matchers::MatchFinder::MatchResult
&Result
) override
;
39 } // namespace linuxkernel
43 #endif // LLVM_CLANG_TOOLS_EXTRA_CLANG_TIDY_LINUXKERNEL_MUSTCHECKERRSCHECK_H