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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl21
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 5cb791eb4c6f..1abddf8fe56e 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ my $spelling_file = "$D/spelling.txt";
my $codespell = 0;
my $codespellfile = "/usr/share/codespell/dictionary.txt";
my $conststructsfile = "$D/const_structs.checkpatch";
-my $typedefsfile = "";
+my $typedefsfile;
my $color = "auto";
my $allow_c99_comments = 1; # Can be overridden by --ignore C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE
# git output parsing needs US English output, so first set backtick child process LANGUAGE
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ sub read_words {
next;
}
- $$wordsRef .= '|' if ($$wordsRef ne "");
+ $$wordsRef .= '|' if (defined $$wordsRef);
$$wordsRef .= $line;
}
close($file);
@@ -766,16 +766,18 @@ sub read_words {
return 0;
}
-my $const_structs = "";
-read_words(\$const_structs, $conststructsfile)
- or warn "No structs that should be const will be found - file '$conststructsfile': $!\n";
+my $const_structs;
+if (show_type("CONST_STRUCT")) {
+ read_words(\$const_structs, $conststructsfile)
+ or warn "No structs that should be const will be found - file '$conststructsfile': $!\n";
+}
-my $typeOtherTypedefs = "";
-if (length($typedefsfile)) {
+if (defined($typedefsfile)) {
+ my $typeOtherTypedefs;
read_words(\$typeOtherTypedefs, $typedefsfile)
or warn "No additional types will be considered - file '$typedefsfile': $!\n";
+ $typeTypedefs .= '|' . $typeOtherTypedefs if (defined $typeOtherTypedefs);
}
-$typeTypedefs .= '|' . $typeOtherTypedefs if ($typeOtherTypedefs ne "");
sub build_types {
my $mods = "(?x: \n" . join("|\n ", (@modifierList, @modifierListFile)) . "\n)";
@@ -6643,7 +6645,8 @@ sub process {
# check for various structs that are normally const (ops, kgdb, device_tree)
# and avoid what seem like struct definitions 'struct foo {'
- if ($line !~ /\bconst\b/ &&
+ if (defined($const_structs) &&
+ $line !~ /\bconst\b/ &&
$line =~ /\bstruct\s+($const_structs)\b(?!\s*\{)/) {
WARN("CONST_STRUCT",
"struct $1 should normally be const\n" . $herecurr);