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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 78a951f80706..28516587baba 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -4791,6 +4791,16 @@ sub process { } } +# check for __read_mostly with const non-pointer (should just be const) + if ($line =~ /\b__read_mostly\b/ && + $line =~ /($Type)\s*$Ident/ && $1 !~ /\*\s*$/ && $1 =~ /\bconst\b/) { + if (ERROR("CONST_READ_MOSTLY", + "Invalid use of __read_mostly with const type\n" . $herecurr) && + $fix) { + $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\s+__read_mostly\b//; + } + } + # don't use __constant_<foo> functions outside of include/uapi/ if ($realfile !~ m@^include/uapi/@ && $line =~ /(__constant_(?:htons|ntohs|[bl]e(?:16|32|64)_to_cpu|cpu_to_[bl]e(?:16|32|64)))\s*\(/) { |