1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 19abef2b4dd5..8f9e394298cd 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2902,6 +2902,11 @@ sub process {
                     $line =~ /DEVICE_ATTR.*S_IWUGO/ ) {
                         WARN("Exporting world writable files is usually an error. Consider more restrictive permissions.\n" . $herecurr);
                 }
+
+                # Check for memset with swapped arguments
+                if ($line =~ /memset.*\,(\ |)(0x|)0(\ |0|)\);/) {
+                        ERROR("memset size is 3rd argument, not the second.\n" . $herecurr);
+                }
         }
 
         # If we have no input at all, then there is nothing to report on