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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 377f373db6c0..93e84c9504a1 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3890,14 +3890,23 @@ sub process {
WARN("STATIC_CONST_CHAR_ARRAY",
"static const char * array should probably be static const char * const\n" .
$herecurr);
- }
+ }
+
+# check for initialized const char arrays that should be static const
+ if ($line =~ /^\+\s*const\s+(char|unsigned\s+char|_*u8|(?:[us]_)?int8_t)\s+\w+\s*\[\s*(?:\w+\s*)?\]\s*=\s*"/) {
+ if (WARN("STATIC_CONST_CHAR_ARRAY",
+ "const array should probably be static const\n" . $herecurr) &&
+ $fix) {
+ $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(^.\s*)const\b/${1}static const/;
+ }
+ }
# check for static char foo[] = "bar" declarations.
if ($line =~ /\bstatic\s+char\s+(\w+)\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*"/) {
WARN("STATIC_CONST_CHAR_ARRAY",
"static char array declaration should probably be static const char\n" .
$herecurr);
- }
+ }
# check for const <foo> const where <foo> is not a pointer or array type
if ($sline =~ /\bconst\s+($BasicType)\s+const\b/) {