Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | From | Dwaipayan Ray <> | Subject | [PATCH] checkpatch: remove obsolete check for __dev* section markers | Date | Fri, 16 Jul 2021 23:51:26 +0530 |
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Commit 54b956b90360 ("Remove __dev* markings from init.h") completely removed the definitions of __dev* section markers from init.h. They can no longer pop up in the kernel and hence the check for those markers is unneeded now.
So remove __dev* section markers check from checkpatch.
Signed-off-by: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 461d4221e4a4..e29c0961b25e 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -4023,12 +4023,6 @@ sub process { "CVS style keyword markers, these will _not_ be updated\n". $herecurr); } -# check for old HOTPLUG __dev<foo> section markings - if ($line =~ /\b(__dev(init|exit)(data|const|))\b/) { - WARN("HOTPLUG_SECTION", - "Using $1 is unnecessary\n" . $herecurr); - } - # Check for potential 'bare' types my ($stat, $cond, $line_nr_next, $remain_next, $off_next, $realline_next); -- 2.28.0
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