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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 6bbc24e66916..4018bf89e63a 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -4232,6 +4232,18 @@ sub process { } } +# check for const static or static <non ptr type> const declarations +# prefer 'static const <foo>' over 'const static <foo>' and 'static <foo> const' + if ($sline =~ /^\+\s*const\s+static\s+($Type)\b/ || + $sline =~ /^\+\s*static\s+($BasicType)\s+const\b/) { + if (WARN("STATIC_CONST", + "Move const after static - use 'static const $1'\n" . $herecurr) && + $fix) { + $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bconst\s+static\b/static const/; + $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bstatic\s+($BasicType)\s+const\b/static const $1/; + } + } + # check for non-global char *foo[] = {"bar", ...} declarations. if ($line =~ /^.\s+(?:static\s+|const\s+)?char\s+\*\s*\w+\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*\{/) { WARN("STATIC_CONST_CHAR_ARRAY", |