The C99 specification states in section 6.11.5: The placement of a storage-class specifier other than at the beginning of the declaration specifiers in a declaration is an obsolescent feature. Signed-off-by: Tobias Klauser <tklauser@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jean Delvare <khali@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 +++++ 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index f2bbea9..4921473 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2586,6 +2586,11 @@ sub process { CHK("architecture specific defines should be avoided\n" . $herecurr); } +# Check that the storage class is at the beginning of a declaration + if ($line =~ /\b$Storage\b/ && $line !~ /^.\s*$Storage\b/) { + WARN("storage class should be at the beginning of the declaration\n" . $herecurr) + } + # check the location of the inline attribute, that it is between # storage class and type. if ($line =~ /\b$Type\s+$Inline\b/ || -- 1.6.3.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html