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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 447857ffaf6b..5cb7cfd08ce2 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -6251,6 +6251,13 @@ sub process { "Avoid using bool as bitfield. Prefer bool bitfields as unsigned int or u<8|16|32>\n" . $herecurr); } +# check for bool use in .h files + if ($realfile =~ /\.h$/ && + $sline =~ /^.\s+bool\s*$Ident\s*(?::\s*d+\s*)?;/) { + CHK("BOOL_MEMBER", + "Avoid using bool structure members because of possible alignment issues - see: https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/11/21/384\n" . $herecurr); + } + # check for semaphores initialized locked if ($line =~ /^.\s*sema_init.+,\W?0\W?\)/) { WARN("CONSIDER_COMPLETION", |