From 73169765e6e7ac54528778faa592b15df5c8a93c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2020 20:44:30 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: prefer static const declarations There are about 100,000 uses of 'static const ' but about 400 uses of 'static const' in the kernel where type is not a pointer. The kernel almost always uses "static const" over "const static" as there is a compiler warning for that declaration style. But there is no compiler warning for "static const". So add a checkpatch warning for the atypical declaration uses of. const static and static const For example: $ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f --emacs --quiet --nosummary -types=static_const arch/arm/crypto/aes-ce-glue.c arch/arm/crypto/aes-ce-glue.c:75: WARNING: Move const after static - use 'static const u8' #75: FILE: arch/arm/crypto/aes-ce-glue.c:75: + static u8 const rcon[] = { Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/4b863be68e679546b40d50b97a4a806c03056a1c.camel@perches.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches 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 6bbc24e..4018bf8 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -4232,6 +4232,18 @@ sub process { } } +# check for const static or static const declarations +# prefer 'static const ' over 'const static ' and 'static 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", -- 2.7.4