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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 0c20f035ed99..cf95d3ae0754 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3440,6 +3440,18 @@ sub process { #ignore lines not being added next if ($line =~ /^[^\+]/); +# check for dereferences that span multiple lines + if ($prevline =~ /^\+.*$Lval\s*(?:\.|->)\s*$/ && + $line =~ /^\+\s*(?!\#\s*(?!define\s+|if))\s*$Lval/) { + $prevline =~ /($Lval\s*(?:\.|->))\s*$/; + my $ref = $1; + $line =~ /^.\s*($Lval)/; + $ref .= $1; + $ref =~ s/\s//g; + WARN("MULTILINE_DEREFERENCE", + "Avoid multiple line dereference - prefer '$ref'\n" . $hereprev); + } + # check for declarations of signed or unsigned without int while ($line =~ m{\b($Declare)\s*(?!char\b|short\b|int\b|long\b)\s*($Ident)?\s*[=,;\[\)\(]}g) { my $type = $1; |