scripts/checkpatch.pl: add warnings for static char that could be static const char
Add warnings for possible missing const uses of
static char foo[] = "bar"
that could be
static const char foo[] = "bar"
and
static const char *foo[] = {"bar", "baz"}
that could be
static const char * const foo[] = {"bar", "baz"}
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index c1e7fb3..2ec5fc6 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1869,6 +1869,18 @@
$herecurr);
}
+# check for static const char * arrays.
+ if ($line =~ /\bstatic\s+const\s+char\s*\*\s*(\w+)\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*/) {
+ WARN("static const char * array should probably be static const char * const\n" .
+ $herecurr);
+ }
+
+# check for static char foo[] = "bar" declarations.
+ if ($line =~ /\bstatic\s+char\s+(\w+)\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*"/) {
+ WARN("static char array declaration should probably be static const char\n" .
+ $herecurr);
+ }
+
# check for new typedefs, only function parameters and sparse annotations
# make sense.
if ($line =~ /\btypedef\s/ &&