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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2018-04-11 02:34:25 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-04-11 20:28:36 +0300
commit5d430902615bdea9d9bc205ed06ffc40d86ea66f (patch)
treeec282862c3d5a0dd1b42ac9fc68f1844f5dd3e72 /scripts/checkpatch.pl
parent38dca988bb208e66d6fdb6346f7266f3d2d1a8a4 (diff)
downloadlinux-5d430902615bdea9d9bc205ed06ffc40d86ea66f.tar.xz
checkpatch: whinge about bool bitfields
Using bool in a bitfield isn't a good idea as the alignment behavior is arch implementation defined. Suggest using unsigned int or u<8|16|32> instead. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e22fb871b1b7f2fda4b22f3a24e0d7f092eb612c.camel@perches.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index eb534d48140e..e16d6713f236 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6251,6 +6251,12 @@ sub process {
}
}
+# check for bool bitfields
+ if ($sline =~ /^.\s+bool\s*$Ident\s*:\s*\d+\s*;/) {
+ WARN("BOOL_BITFIELD",
+ "Avoid using bool as bitfield. Prefer bool bitfields as unsigned int or u<8|16|32>\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# check for semaphores initialized locked
if ($line =~ /^.\s*sema_init.+,\W?0\W?\)/) {
WARN("CONSIDER_COMPLETION",