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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl20
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 880fde13d9b8..6aabcc1f66c1 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ my $git_command ='export LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8; git';
my $tabsize = 8;
my ${CONFIG_} = "CONFIG_";
+my %maybe_linker_symbol; # for externs in c exceptions, when seen in *vmlinux.lds.h
+
sub help {
my ($exitcode) = @_;
@@ -6051,6 +6053,9 @@ sub process {
# check for line continuations outside of #defines, preprocessor #, and asm
+ } elsif ($realfile =~ m@/vmlinux.lds.h$@) {
+ $line =~ s/(\w+)/$maybe_linker_symbol{$1}++/ge;
+ #print "REAL: $realfile\nln: $line\nkeys:", sort keys %maybe_linker_symbol;
} else {
if ($prevline !~ /^..*\\$/ &&
$line !~ /^\+\s*\#.*\\$/ && # preprocessor
@@ -7120,6 +7125,21 @@ sub process {
}
} elsif ($realfile =~ /\.c$/ && defined $stat &&
+ $stat =~ /^\+extern struct\s+(\w+)\s+(\w+)\[\];/)
+ {
+ my ($st_type, $st_name) = ($1, $2);
+
+ for my $s (keys %maybe_linker_symbol) {
+ #print "Linker symbol? $st_name : $s\n";
+ goto LIKELY_LINKER_SYMBOL
+ if $st_name =~ /$s/;
+ }
+ WARN("AVOID_EXTERNS",
+ "found a file-scoped extern type:$st_type name:$st_name in .c file\n"
+ . "is this a linker symbol ?\n" . $herecurr);
+ LIKELY_LINKER_SYMBOL:
+
+ } elsif ($realfile =~ /\.c$/ && defined $stat &&
$stat =~ /^.\s*extern\s+/)
{
WARN("AVOID_EXTERNS",