Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <> | Subject | [PATCH] checkpatch: warn about incorrect __initdata placement | Date | Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:23:11 +0200 |
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__initdata tag should be placed between the variable name and equal sign for the variable to be placed in the intended .init.data section.
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@samsung.com> Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@samsung.com> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 23d55bf..88d07a6 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -4275,6 +4275,12 @@ sub process { WARN("EXPORTED_WORLD_WRITABLE", "Exporting world writable files is usually an error. Consider more restrictive permissions.\n" . $herecurr); } + +# check for incorrect __initdata placement + if ($line =~ /\bstruct\s+__initdata.*\=/) { + WARN("INITDATA_PLACEMENT", + "__initdata tag should be placed between the variable name and equal sign\n" . $herecurr); + } } # If we have no input at all, then there is nothing to report on -- 1.8.2.3
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