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| -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 88c5bc7..df0820c 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3331,6 +3331,11 @@ sub process { WARN("PREFER_PACKED", "__packed is preferred over __attribute__((packed))\n" . $herecurr); } +# Check for new packed members, warn to use care + if ($line =~ /\b(__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(.*\bpacked|__packed)\b/) { + WARN("NEW_PACKED", + "Adding new packed members is to be done with care\n" . $herecurr); + } # Check for __attribute__ aligned, prefer __aligned if ($line =~ /\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(.*aligned/) { |