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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 75c93316547b..df8b23dc1eb0 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2453,6 +2453,15 @@ sub get_raw_comment { return $comment; } +sub exclude_global_initialisers { + my ($realfile) = @_; + + # Do not check for BPF programs (tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/*.c, samples/bpf/*_kern.c, *.bpf.c). + return $realfile =~ m@^tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/.*\.c$@ || + $realfile =~ m@^samples/bpf/.*_kern\.c$@ || + $realfile =~ m@/bpf/.*\.bpf\.c$@; +} + sub process { my $filename = shift; @@ -4358,7 +4367,8 @@ sub process { } # check for global initialisers. - if ($line =~ /^\+$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*\s*=\s*($zero_initializer)\s*;/) { + if ($line =~ /^\+$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*\s*=\s*($zero_initializer)\s*;/ && + !exclude_global_initialisers($realfile)) { if (ERROR("GLOBAL_INITIALISERS", "do not initialise globals to $1\n" . $herecurr) && $fix) { |