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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a3b9782441f9..89d24b3ea438 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3123,6 +3123,12 @@ sub process {
"__printf(string-index, first-to-check) is preferred over __attribute__((format(printf, string-index, first-to-check)))\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# Check for __attribute__ format(scanf, prefer __scanf
+ if ($line =~ /\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(\s*format\s*\(\s*scanf\b/) {
+ WARN("PREFER_SCANF",
+ "__scanf(string-index, first-to-check) is preferred over __attribute__((format(scanf, string-index, first-to-check)))\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# check for sizeof(&)
if ($line =~ /\bsizeof\s*\(\s*\&/) {
WARN("SIZEOF_ADDRESS",