linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: Add test for repeated const uses

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Date:	Tue, 24 Mar 2015 06:53:03 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>,
	Krzysztof Kozlowski <k.kozlowski@...sung.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Add test for repeated const uses

Using 'const <type> const *' is generally meant to be
written 'const <type> * const'.

Add a test for the miswritten form.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 5748c35..a234bf8 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ our $Operators	= qr{
 
 our $c90_Keywords = qr{do|for|while|if|else|return|goto|continue|switch|default|case|break}x;
 
+our $BasicType;
 our $NonptrType;
 our $NonptrTypeMisordered;
 our $NonptrTypeWithAttr;
@@ -514,6 +515,11 @@ sub build_types {
 	my $Misordered = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @typeListMisordered) . "\n)";
 	my $allWithAttr = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @typeListWithAttr) . "\n)";
 	$Modifier	= qr{(?:$Attribute|$Sparse|$mods)};
+	$BasicType	= qr{
+				(?:$typeOtherOSTypedefs\b)|
+				(?:$typeTypedefs\b)|
+				(?:${all}\b)
+		}x;
 	$NonptrType	= qr{
 			(?:$Modifier\s+|const\s+)*
 			(?:
@@ -3192,6 +3198,18 @@ sub process {
 				$herecurr);
                }
 
+# check for const <foo> const where <foo> is not a pointer or array type
+		if ($sline =~ /\bconst\s+($BasicType)\s+const\b/) {
+			my $found = $1;
+			if ($sline =~ /\bconst\s+\Q$found\E\s+const\b\s*\*/) {
+				WARN("CONST_CONST",
+				     "'const $found const *' should probably be 'const $found * const'\n" . $herecurr);
+			} elsif ($sline !~ /\bconst\s+\Q$found\E\s+const\s+\w+\s*\[/) {
+				WARN("CONST_CONST",
+				     "'const $found const' should probably be 'const $found'\n" . $herecurr);
+			}
+		}
+
 # check for non-global char *foo[] = {"bar", ...} declarations.
 		if ($line =~ /^.\s+(?:static\s+|const\s+)?char\s+\*\s*\w+\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*\{/) {
 			WARN("STATIC_CONST_CHAR_ARRAY",


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