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| -rwxr-xr-x | util/lint/checkpatch.pl | 9 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/util/lint/checkpatch.pl b/util/lint/checkpatch.pl index 91cf2da840..21704ac74b 100755 --- a/util/lint/checkpatch.pl +++ b/util/lint/checkpatch.pl @@ -4221,6 +4221,15 @@ sub process { $herecurr); } +# check for initialized const char arrays that should be static const + if ($line =~ /^\+\s*const\s+(char|unsigned\s+char|_*u8|(?:[us]_)?int8_t)\s+\w+\s*\[\s*(?:\w+\s*)?\]\s*=\s*"/) { + if (WARN("STATIC_CONST_CHAR_ARRAY", + "const array should probably be static const\n" . $herecurr) && + $fix) { + $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(^.\s*)const\b/${1}static const/; + } + } + # check for static char foo[] = "bar" declarations. if ($line =~ /\bstatic\s+char\s+(\w+)\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*"/) { WARN("STATIC_CONST_CHAR_ARRAY", |