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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index b14f830cb0fa..8f35f0e03518 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2891,6 +2891,11 @@ sub process {
WARN("__packed is preferred over __attribute__((packed))\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# Check for __attribute__ aligned, prefer __aligned
+ if ($line =~ /\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(.*aligned/) {
+ WARN("__aligned(size) is preferred over __attribute__((aligned(size)))\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# check for sizeof(&)
if ($line =~ /\bsizeof\s*\(\s*\&/) {
WARN("sizeof(& should be avoided\n" . $herecurr);