From 596ed45b5b5b7e4624c813ddeffe0e100f8b13ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2017 14:37:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: improve the STORAGE_CLASS test
Make sure static, extern, and asmlinkage appear before a specific type.
e.g.:
int asmlinkage foo(void)
is better written
asmlinkage int foo(void)
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/31704c96df2d5fd9df0b41165940a7a4feb16a63.1499284835.git.joe@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 ++++++++++--
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 8f940c09918f0..2287a0bca863b 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5576,10 +5576,18 @@ sub process {
"architecture specific defines should be avoided\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# check that the storage class is not after a type
+ if ($line =~ /\b($Type)\s+($Storage)\b/) {
+ WARN("STORAGE_CLASS",
+ "storage class '$2' should be located before type '$1'\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
# Check that the storage class is at the beginning of a declaration
- if ($line =~ /\b$Storage\b/ && $line !~ /^.\s*$Storage\b/) {
+ if ($line =~ /\b$Storage\b/ &&
+ $line !~ /^.\s*$Storage/ &&
+ $line =~ /^.\s*(.+?)\$Storage\s/ &&
+ $1 !~ /[\,\)]\s*$/) {
WARN("STORAGE_CLASS",
- "storage class should be at the beginning of the declaration\n" . $herecurr)
+ "storage class should be at the beginning of the declaration\n" . $herecurr);
}
# check the location of the inline attribute, that it is between
--
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