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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 7c79c91662c8..e2cb1f4621b7 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3878,6 +3878,16 @@ sub process { } } +# check for new externs in .h files. + if ($realfile =~ /\.h$/ && + $line =~ /^\+\s*(extern\s+)$Type\s*$Ident\s*\(/s) { + if (WARN("AVOID_EXTERNS", + "extern prototypes should be avoided in .h files\n" . $herecurr) && + $fix) { + $fixed[$linenr - 1] =~ s/(.*)\bextern\b\s*(.*)/$1$2/; + } + } + # check for new externs in .c files. if ($realfile =~ /\.c$/ && defined $stat && $stat =~ /^.\s*(?:extern\s+)?$Type\s+($Ident)(\s*)\(/s) |