lint/checkpatch: Add check for old-style declarations
This reduce the difference with linux v6.5-rc4. and check for
const static or static <non ptr type> const declarations.
Change-Id: Ib4b37e130f2edbfe0385f0707a8c910a244bcfc7
Signed-off-by: Elyes Haouas <ehaouas@noos.fr>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/70202
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Martin L Roth <gaumless@gmail.com>
diff --git a/util/lint/checkpatch.pl b/util/lint/checkpatch.pl
index 21704ac..c843c6c 100755
--- a/util/lint/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/util/lint/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4249,6 +4249,18 @@
}
}
+# check for const static or static <non ptr type> const declarations
+# prefer 'static const <foo>' over 'const static <foo>' and 'static <foo> const'
+ if ($sline =~ /^\+\s*const\s+static\s+($Type)\b/ ||
+ $sline =~ /^\+\s*static\s+($BasicType)\s+const\b/) {
+ if (WARN("STATIC_CONST",
+ "Move const after static - use 'static const $1'\n" . $herecurr) &&
+ $fix) {
+ $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bconst\s+static\b/static const/;
+ $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bstatic\s+($BasicType)\s+const\b/static const $1/;
+ }
+ }
+
# check for non-global char *foo[] = {"bar", ...} declarations.
if ($line =~ /^.\s+(?:static\s+|const\s+)?char\s+\*\s*\w+\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*\{/) {
WARN("STATIC_CONST_CHAR_ARRAY",