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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 646295cd9990..91308bec89b9 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2675,6 +2675,13 @@ sub process { $herecurr); } +# check for non-global char *foo[] = {"bar", ...} declarations. + if ($line =~ /^.\s+(?:static\s+|const\s+)?char\s+\*\s*\w+\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*\{/) { + WARN("STATIC_CONST_CHAR_ARRAY", + "char * array declaration might be better as static const\n" . + $herecurr); + } + # check for function declarations without arguments like "int foo()" if ($line =~ /(\b$Type\s+$Ident)\s*\(\s*\)/) { if (ERROR("FUNCTION_WITHOUT_ARGS", |