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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index c39ce0b..94371f6 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2509,6 +2509,11 @@ sub process { if ($line =~ /^.\s*__initcall\s*\(/) { WARN("please use device_initcall() instead of __initcall()\n" . $herecurr); } +# check for struct file_operations, ensure they are const. + if ($line =~ /\bstruct\s+file_operations\b/ && + $line !~ /\bconst\b/) { + WARN("struct file_operations should normally be const\n" . $herecurr); + } # use of NR_CPUS is usually wrong # ignore definitions of NR_CPUS and usage to define arrays as likely right |
