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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl12
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 75c93316547b..df8b23dc1eb0 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2453,6 +2453,15 @@ sub get_raw_comment {
return $comment;
}
+sub exclude_global_initialisers {
+ my ($realfile) = @_;
+
+ # Do not check for BPF programs (tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/*.c, samples/bpf/*_kern.c, *.bpf.c).
+ return $realfile =~ m@^tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/.*\.c$@ ||
+ $realfile =~ m@^samples/bpf/.*_kern\.c$@ ||
+ $realfile =~ m@/bpf/.*\.bpf\.c$@;
+}
+
sub process {
my $filename = shift;
@@ -4358,7 +4367,8 @@ sub process {
}
# check for global initialisers.
- if ($line =~ /^\+$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*\s*=\s*($zero_initializer)\s*;/) {
+ if ($line =~ /^\+$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*\s*=\s*($zero_initializer)\s*;/ &&
+ !exclude_global_initialisers($realfile)) {
if (ERROR("GLOBAL_INITIALISERS",
"do not initialise globals to $1\n" . $herecurr) &&
$fix) {