Commit 56e77d70 authored by Joe Perches's avatar Joe Perches Committed by Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: warn on unnecessary __dev<foo> section markings

Get people to stop adding __devinit and __devexit section markings.
Signed-off-by: default avatarJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Acked-by: default avatarAndy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent dc139313
...@@ -1931,6 +1931,12 @@ sub process { ...@@ -1931,6 +1931,12 @@ sub process {
"use the SSYNC() macro in asm/blackfin.h\n" . $herevet); "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" . $herecurr);
}
# Check for potential 'bare' types # Check for potential 'bare' types
my ($stat, $cond, $line_nr_next, $remain_next, $off_next, my ($stat, $cond, $line_nr_next, $remain_next, $off_next,
$realline_next); $realline_next);
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