checkpatch: add test for repeated const uses

Using 'const <type> const *' is generally meant to be written 'const
<type> * const'.

Add a test for the miswritten form.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 45babf2243f3..d54a814a4bc8 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ our $Operators	= qr{
 
 our $c90_Keywords = qr{do|for|while|if|else|return|goto|continue|switch|default|case|break}x;
 
+our $BasicType;
 our $NonptrType;
 our $NonptrTypeMisordered;
 our $NonptrTypeWithAttr;
@@ -514,6 +515,11 @@ sub build_types {
         my $Misordered = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @typeListMisordered) . "\n)";
         my $allWithAttr = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @typeListWithAttr) . "\n)";
         $Modifier       = qr{(?:$Attribute|$Sparse|$mods)};
+        $BasicType      = qr{
+                                (?:$typeOtherOSTypedefs\b)|
+                                (?:$typeTypedefs\b)|
+                                (?:${all}\b)
+                }x;
         $NonptrType     = qr{
                         (?:$Modifier\s+|const\s+)*
                         (?:
@@ -3192,6 +3198,18 @@ sub process {
                                 $herecurr);
                }
 
+# check for const <foo> const where <foo> is not a pointer or array type
+                if ($sline =~ /\bconst\s+($BasicType)\s+const\b/) {
+                        my $found = $1;
+                        if ($sline =~ /\bconst\s+\Q$found\E\s+const\b\s*\*/) {
+                                WARN("CONST_CONST",
+                                     "'const $found const *' should probably be 'const $found * const'\n" . $herecurr);
+                        } elsif ($sline !~ /\bconst\s+\Q$found\E\s+const\s+\w+\s*\[/) {
+                                WARN("CONST_CONST",
+                                     "'const $found const' should probably be 'const $found'\n" . $herecurr);
+                        }
+                }
+
 # check for non-global char *foo[] = {"bar", ...} declarations.
                 if ($line =~ /^.\s+(?:static\s+|const\s+)?char\s+\*\s*\w+\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*\{/) {
                         WARN("STATIC_CONST_CHAR_ARRAY",