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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index d7a44fd3b224..25d716cc44dc 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1791,9 +1791,9 @@ sub process { WARN("EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo); should immediately follow its function/variable\n" . $herecurr); } -# check for external initialisers. +# check for global initialisers. if ($line =~ /^.$Type\s*$Ident\s*(?:\s+$Modifier)*\s*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/) { - ERROR("do not initialise externals to 0 or NULL\n" . + ERROR("do not initialise globals to 0 or NULL\n" . $herecurr); } # check for static initialisers. |