From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: whinge about bool bitfields Using bool in a bitfield isn't a good idea as the alignment behavior is arch implementation defined. Suggest using unsigned int or u<8|16|32> instead. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e22fb871b1b7f2fda4b22f3a24e0d7f092eb612c.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-whinge-about-bool-bitfields scripts/checkpatch.pl --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-whinge-about-bool-bitfields +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -6251,6 +6251,12 @@ sub process { } } +# check for bool bitfields + if ($sline =~ /^.\s+bool\s*$Ident\s*:\s*\d+\s*;/) { + WARN("BOOL_BITFIELD", + "Avoid using bool as bitfield. Prefer bool bitfields as unsigned int or u<8|16|32>\n" . $herecurr); + } + # check for semaphores initialized locked if ($line =~ /^.\s*sema_init.+,\W?0\W?\)/) { WARN("CONSIDER_COMPLETION", _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
