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Subject[PATCH] checkpatch: whinge about bool bitfields
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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.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index eb534d48140e..e16d6713f236 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/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",
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