Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git...

[mv-sheeva.git] / scripts / checkpatch.pl

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index fd9560ea976cdea913340315cc9bf9b098962643..4c0383da1c9a22087853e423875b7829f03f87ac 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2743,6 +2743,11 @@ sub process {
                        WARN("plain inline is preferred over $1\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 
+# Check for __attribute__ packed, prefer __packed
+               if ($line =~ /\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(.*\bpacked\b/) {
+                       WARN("__packed is preferred over __attribute__((packed))\n" . $herecurr);
+               }
+
 # check for sizeof(&)
                if ($line =~ /\bsizeof\s*\(\s*\&/) {
                        WARN("sizeof(& should be avoided\n" . $herecurr);