DEV: coccinelle: add a test to detect unchecked malloc()

The coccinelle test "unchecked-malloc.cocci" detects various cases of
unchecked malloc().

diff --git a/dev/coccinelle/unchecked-malloc.cocci b/dev/coccinelle/unchecked-malloc.cocci
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..30b2bf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/coccinelle/unchecked-malloc.cocci
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// find calls to malloc
+@call@
+expression ptr;
+position p;
+@@
+
+ptr@p = malloc(...);
+
+// find ok calls to malloc
+@ok@
+expression ptr;
+position call.p;
+@@
+
+ptr@p = malloc(...);
+... when != ptr
+(
+ (ptr == NULL || ...)
+|
+ (ptr == 0 || ...)
+|
+ (ptr != NULL || ...)
+|
+ (ptr != 0 || ...)
+)
+
+// fix bad calls to malloc
+@depends on !ok@
+expression ptr;
+position call.p;
+@@
+
+ptr@p = malloc(...);
++ if (ptr == NULL) return;