X-Git-Url: http://git.droids-corp.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=devtools%2Fcheckpatches.sh;h=c30ce64cc1e3c39c6c5515516bba04530f49f282;hb=ecb160456aed;hp=b16bace927d16c7819029118a8d1f9dcb5b1fe80;hpb=2c7845a70e708039c3f129de86ffcf1fccfa76d9;p=dpdk.git

diff --git a/devtools/checkpatches.sh b/devtools/checkpatches.sh
index b16bace927..c30ce64cc1 100755
--- a/devtools/checkpatches.sh
+++ b/devtools/checkpatches.sh
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ options="$options --ignore=LINUX_VERSION_CODE,\
 FILE_PATH_CHANGES,MAINTAINERS_STYLE,SPDX_LICENSE_TAG,\
 VOLATILE,PREFER_PACKED,PREFER_ALIGNED,PREFER_PRINTF,\
 PREFER_KERNEL_TYPES,BIT_MACRO,CONST_STRUCT,\
-SPLIT_STRING,LONG_LINE_STRING,\
+SPLIT_STRING,LONG_LINE_STRING,C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE,\
 LINE_SPACING,PARENTHESIS_ALIGNMENT,NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE,\
 NEW_TYPEDEFS,COMPARISON_TO_NULL"
 options="$options $DPDK_CHECKPATCH_OPTIONS"
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ check_forbidden_additions() { # <patch>
 		-f $(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/check-forbidden-tokens.awk \
 		"$1" || res=1
 
+	# refrain from using compiler attribute without defining a common macro
+	awk -v FOLDERS="lib drivers app examples" \
+		-v EXPRESSIONS="__attribute__" \
+		-v RET_ON_FAIL=1 \
+		-v MESSAGE='Using compiler attribute directly' \
+		-f $(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/check-forbidden-tokens.awk \
+		"$1" || res=1
+
 	# svg figures must be included with wildcard extension
 	# because of png conversion for pdf docs
 	awk -v FOLDERS='doc' \