[S] Change in coreboot[master]: lint/checkpatch: Add check for const static or static <non ptr type>

[Elyes Haouas (Code Review)]

Elyes Haouas has uploaded this change for review. ( https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/70202 )

Change subject: lint/checkpatch: Add check for const static or static <non ptr type>
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lint/checkpatch: Add check for const static or static <non ptr type>

This reduce the difference with linux v6.1-rc7.

Change-Id: Ib4b37e130f2edbfe0385f0707a8c910a244bcfc7
Signed-off-by: Elyes Haouas 
---
M util/lint/checkpatch.pl
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

git pull ssh://review.coreboot.org:29418/coreboot refs/changes/02/70202/1

diff --git a/util/lint/checkpatch.pl b/util/lint/checkpatch.pl
index 03b6851..296ab13 100755
--- a/util/lint/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/util/lint/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4276,6 +4276,18 @@
    		}
    	}

+# check for const static or static <non ptr type> const declarations
+# prefer 'static const <foo>' over 'const static <foo>' and 'static <foo> const'
+		if ($sline =~ /^+\s*const\s+static\s+($Type)\b/ ||
+		    $sline =~ /^+\s*static\s+($BasicType)\s+const\b/) {
+			if (WARN("STATIC_CONST",
+				 "Move const after static - use 'static const $1'\n" . $herecurr) &&
+			    $fix) {
+				$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bconst\s+static\b/static const/;
+				$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bstatic\s+($BasicType)\s+const\b/static const $1/;
+			}
+		}
+
 # check for non-global char *foo[] = {"bar", ...} declarations.
    	if ($line =~ /^.\s+(?:static\s+|const\s+)?char\s+*\s*\w+\s*[\s*]\s*=\s*{/) {
    		WARN("STATIC_CONST_CHAR_ARRAY",