On Wed, Jan 02, 2013 at 04:33:21PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote: > Get people to stop adding __devinit and __devexit section markings. > > Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> > --- > scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++ > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl > index 4d2c7df..325caa7 100755 > --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl > +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl > @@ -1931,6 +1931,12 @@ sub process { > "use the SSYNC() macro in asm/blackfin.h\n" . > $herevet); > } > > +# check for old HOTPLUG __dev<foo> section markings > + if ($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);
That looks simple enough. Acked-by: Andy Whitcroft <a...@canonical.com> -apw -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/