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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 20 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 880fde13d9b8..6aabcc1f66c1 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ my $git_command ='export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8; git'; my $tabsize = 8; my ${CONFIG_} = "CONFIG_"; +my %maybe_linker_symbol; # for externs in c exceptions, when seen in *vmlinux.lds.h + sub help { my ($exitcode) = @_; @@ -6051,6 +6053,9 @@ sub process { # check for line continuations outside of #defines, preprocessor #, and asm + } elsif ($realfile =~ m@/vmlinux.lds.h$@) { + $line =~ s/(\w+)/$maybe_linker_symbol{$1}++/ge; + #print "REAL: $realfile\nln: $line\nkeys:", sort keys %maybe_linker_symbol; } else { if ($prevline !~ /^..*\\$/ && $line !~ /^\+\s*\#.*\\$/ && # preprocessor @@ -7120,6 +7125,21 @@ sub process { } } elsif ($realfile =~ /\.c$/ && defined $stat && + $stat =~ /^\+extern struct\s+(\w+)\s+(\w+)\[\];/) + { + my ($st_type, $st_name) = ($1, $2); + + for my $s (keys %maybe_linker_symbol) { + #print "Linker symbol? $st_name : $s\n"; + goto LIKELY_LINKER_SYMBOL + if $st_name =~ /$s/; + } + WARN("AVOID_EXTERNS", + "found a file-scoped extern type:$st_type name:$st_name in .c file\n" + . "is this a linker symbol ?\n" . $herecurr); + LIKELY_LINKER_SYMBOL: + + } elsif ($realfile =~ /\.c$/ && defined $stat && $stat =~ /^.\s*extern\s+/) { WARN("AVOID_EXTERNS", |