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| author | Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch> | 2010-05-24 14:33:30 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-05-25 08:07:06 -0700 |
| commit | d4977c78e9c7dd042f96f4a21d957bc25a561333 (patch) | |
| tree | 19a50489a8d974b4841edde9e92aae7ec147756a /scripts | |
| parent | 3354957a4f8b9bb4b43625232acdf0626851c82f (diff) | |
checkpatch: warn on declaration with storage class not at the beginning
The C99 specification states in section 6.11.5:
The placement of a storage-class specifier other than at the beginning
of the declaration specifiers in a declaration is an obsolescent
feature.
Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@distanz.ch>
Acked-by: Jean Delvare <khali@linux-fr.org>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index de0f4672cb7..bd88f11b095 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2601,6 +2601,11 @@ sub process { CHK("architecture specific defines should be avoided\n" . $herecurr); } +# Check that the storage class is at the beginning of a declaration + if ($line =~ /\b$Storage\b/ && $line !~ /^.\s*$Storage\b/) { + WARN("storage class should be at the beginning of the declaration\n" . $herecurr) + } + # check the location of the inline attribute, that it is between # storage class and type. if ($line =~ /\b$Type\s+$Inline\b/ || |