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checkpatch: improve the STORAGE_CLASS test

Make sure static, extern, and asmlinkage appear before a specific type.

e.g.:
	int asmlinkage foo(void)
is better written
       asmlinkage int foo(void)

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/31704c96df2d5fd9df0b41165940a7a4feb16a63.1499284835.git.joe@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Joe Perches 8 years ago
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1 changed files with 10 additions and 2 deletions
  1. 10 2
      scripts/checkpatch.pl

+ 10 - 2
scripts/checkpatch.pl

@@ -5576,10 +5576,18 @@ sub process {
 			    "architecture specific defines should be avoided\n" .  $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# check that the storage class is not after a type
+		if ($line =~ /\b($Type)\s+($Storage)\b/) {
+			WARN("STORAGE_CLASS",
+			     "storage class '$2' should be located before type '$1'\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
 # Check that the storage class is at the beginning of a declaration
-		if ($line =~ /\b$Storage\b/ && $line !~ /^.\s*$Storage\b/) {
+		if ($line =~ /\b$Storage\b/ &&
+		    $line !~ /^.\s*$Storage/ &&
+		    $line =~ /^.\s*(.+?)\$Storage\s/ &&
+		    $1 !~ /[\,\)]\s*$/) {
 			WARN("STORAGE_CLASS",
-			     "storage class should be at the beginning of the declaration\n" . $herecurr)
+			     "storage class should be at the beginning of the declaration\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
 # check the location of the inline attribute, that it is between