[PATCH 1/1] checkpatch: don't fake typedefs with #define

[Phil Carmody]

People seemed to be taking the "no typedefs" rule too literally,
and were using #define to abide by the letter rather than the
spirit of the law. E.g. #define FOO_t struct _FOO_t

Signed-off-by: Phil Carmody <ext-phil.2.carmody@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index faea0ec..7dc41c5 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2299,6 +2299,12 @@ sub process {
 			     "do not add new typedefs\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# check for deliberate avoidance of the above anti-typedef rule
+		if ($line =~ /#\s*define\s+$Ident\s+$Type\b/) {
+			WARN("NEW_TYPEDEFS",
+			     "do not fake typedefs using #define\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # * goes on variable not on type
 		# (char*[ const])
 		while ($line =~ m{(\($NonptrType(\s*(?:$Modifier\b\s*|\*\s*)+)\))}g) {
-- 
1.7.2.5

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