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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 c1e7fb3eab4..2ec5fc6a404 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1869,6 +1869,18 @@ sub process { $herecurr); } +# check for static const char * arrays. + if ($line =~ /\bstatic\s+const\s+char\s*\*\s*(\w+)\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*/) { + WARN("static const char * array should probably be static const char * const\n" . + $herecurr); + } + +# check for static char foo[] = "bar" declarations. + if ($line =~ /\bstatic\s+char\s+(\w+)\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*"/) { + WARN("static char array declaration should probably be static const char\n" . + $herecurr); + } + # check for new typedefs, only function parameters and sparse annotations # make sense. if ($line =~ /\btypedef\s/ && |