Add another test for __attribute__((section("foo"))) uses
that should be __section(foo)Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]> Tested-by: Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]> --- V2: Remove (however dull) humor Fix fix missing ) removal scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 1cdacb4fd207..d4153b81b1eb 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -5901,6 +5901,18 @@ sub process { "__aligned(size) is preferred over __attribute__((aligned(size)))\n" . $herecurr); } +# Check for __attribute__ section, prefer __section + if ($realfile !~ m@\binclude/uapi/@ && + $line =~ /\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(.*_*section_*\s*\(\s*("[^"]*")/) { + my $old = substr($rawline, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1]); + my $new = substr($old, 1, -1); + if (WARN("PREFER_SECTION", + "__section($new) is preferred over __attribute__((section($old)))\n" . $herecurr) && + $fix) { + $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(\s*_*section_*\s*\(\s*\Q$old\E\s*\)\s*\)\s*\)/__section($new)/; + } + } + # Check for __attribute__ format(printf, prefer __printf if ($realfile !~ m@\binclude/uapi/@ && $line =~ /\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(\s*format\s*\(\s*printf/) {
