From 3d130fd03e06672f7700e2cb694b29f9a98227ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:00:00 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: add "prefer __packed" check
There's a __packed #define for __attribute__((packed)). Add a checkpatch
to tell people about it.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index fd9560ea976c..4c0383da1c9a 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2743,6 +2743,11 @@ sub process {
WARN("plain inline is preferred over $1\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# Check for __attribute__ packed, prefer __packed
+ if ($line =~ /\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(.*\bpacked\b/) {
+ WARN("__packed is preferred over __attribute__((packed))\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# check for sizeof(&)
if ($line =~ /\bsizeof\s*\(\s*\&/) {
WARN("sizeof(& should be avoided\n" . $herecurr);
--
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