While there are valid reasons to use __packed, often the answer is that you should be doing something else here instead.
Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <tr...@ti.com> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 88c5bc7..df0820c 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3331,6 +3331,11 @@ sub process { WARN("PREFER_PACKED", "__packed is preferred over __attribute__((packed))\n" . $herecurr); } +# Check for new packed members, warn to use care + if ($line =~ /\b(__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(.*\bpacked|__packed)\b/) { + WARN("NEW_PACKED", + "Adding new packed members is to be done with care\n" . $herecurr); + } # Check for __attribute__ aligned, prefer __aligned if ($line =~ /\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(.*aligned/) { -- 1.7.9.5 _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot