checkpatch: prefer static const declarations
authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Wed, 16 Dec 2020 04:44:30 +0000 (20:44 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 16 Dec 2020 06:46:17 +0000 (22:46 -0800)
commit73169765e6e7ac54528778faa592b15df5c8a93c
treefb19e7a4ea734e5f0a081c146bae944c41ecda58
parent4104a20646fe20ed5aa9be883eef7340b219f9a8
checkpatch: prefer static const declarations

There are about 100,000 uses of 'static const <type>' but about 400 uses
of 'static <type> const' in the kernel where type is not a pointer.

The kernel almost always uses "static const" over "const static" as there
is a compiler warning for that declaration style.

But there is no compiler warning for "static <type> const".

So add a checkpatch warning for the atypical declaration uses of.

const static <type> <foo>
and
static <type> const <foo>

For example:

  $ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f --emacs --quiet --nosummary -types=static_const arch/arm/crypto/aes-ce-glue.c
  arch/arm/crypto/aes-ce-glue.c:75: WARNING: Move const after static - use 'static const u8'
  #75: FILE: arch/arm/crypto/aes-ce-glue.c:75:
  + static u8 const rcon[] = {

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/4b863be68e679546b40d50b97a4a806c03056a1c.camel@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>
scripts/checkpatch.pl