From cb710eca6820493add0ddd3d7e8e3ee53f2b6e57 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:23:20 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] scripts/checkpatch.pl: add warnings for static char that could be static const char Add warnings for possible missing const uses of static char foo[] = "bar" that could be static const char foo[] = "bar" and static const char *foo[] = {"bar", "baz"} that could be static const char * const foo[] = {"bar", "baz"} Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Cc: Mike Frysinger Cc: Andy Whitcroft Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index c1e7fb3eab44..2ec5fc6a4046 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1869,6 +1869,18 @@ sub process { $herecurr); } +# check for static const char * arrays. + if ($line =~ /\bstatic\s+const\s+char\s*\*\s*(\w+)\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*/) { + WARN("static const char * array should probably be static const char * const\n" . + $herecurr); + } + +# check for static char foo[] = "bar" declarations. + if ($line =~ /\bstatic\s+char\s+(\w+)\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*"/) { + WARN("static char array declaration should probably be static const char\n" . + $herecurr); + } + # check for new typedefs, only function parameters and sparse annotations # make sense. if ($line =~ /\btypedef\s/ && -- 2.20.1