Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v6] checkpatch: extend attributes check to handle more patterns | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Sun, 25 Oct 2020 12:36:35 -0700 |
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On Mon, 2020-10-26 at 01:01 +0530, Dwaipayan Ray wrote: > It is generally preferred that the macros from > include/linux/compiler_attributes.h are used, unless there > is a reason not to. > > checkpatch currently checks __attribute__ for each of > packed, aligned, section, printf, scanf, and weak. Other > declarations in compiler_attributes.h are not handled. > > Add a generic test to check the presence of such attributes. > Some attributes require more specific handling and are kept > separate. > > Also add fixes to the generic attributes check to substitute > the correct conversions.
Thanks Dwaipayan.
Andrew, can you pick this up please?
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201025193103.23223-1-dwaipayanray1@gmail.com/raw
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