const objects shouldn't be __read_mostly. They are read-only. Marking these objects as __read_mostly causes section conflicts with LTO linking.
So add a test to try to avoid this issue. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <j...@perches.com> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 9a8b2bd..199d81b 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -4777,6 +4777,16 @@ sub process { } } +# check for __read_mostly with const non-pointer (should just be const) + if ($line =~ /\b__read_mostly\b/ && + $line =~ /($Type)\s*$Ident/ && $1 !~ /\*\s*$/ && $1 =~ /\bconst\b/) { + if (ERROR("CONST_READ_MOSTLY", + "Invalid use of __read_mostly with const type\n" . $herecurr) && + $fix) { + $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\s+__read_mostly\b//; + } + } + # don't use __constant_<foo> functions outside of include/uapi/ if ($realfile !~ m@^include/uapi/@ && $line =~ /(__constant_(?:htons|ntohs|[bl]e(?:16|32|64)_to_cpu|cpu_to_[bl]e(?:16|32|64)))\s*\(/) { -- 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/