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authorStefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de>2014-03-05 12:51:26 +0100
committerStefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de>2014-03-05 12:51:26 +0100
commit1ad6364eeb4f578e423081d1748e8a3fdf1ab01d (patch)
treef55731737edf1cfd653b21f2ff9d387e6c53ae24 /scripts/checkpatch.pl
parent335143c76612a0ae26eef8abeda77641d4f63b50 (diff)
parentcc07294bc704694ae33db75b25ac557e5917a83f (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of git://git.denx.de/u-boot-arm
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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 88c5bc7735..df0820c1a1 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3331,6 +3331,11 @@ sub process {
WARN("PREFER_PACKED",
"__packed is preferred over __attribute__((packed))\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# Check for new packed members, warn to use care
+ if ($line =~ /\b(__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(.*\bpacked|__packed)\b/) {
+ WARN("NEW_PACKED",
+ "Adding new packed members is to be done with care\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
# Check for __attribute__ aligned, prefer __aligned
if ($line =~ /\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(.*aligned/) {