From 3d130fd03e06672f7700e2cb694b29f9a98227ca Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches 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 Cc: Andy Whitcroft Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- 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); -- 2.30.2