Make sure checkpatch.pl doesn't get confused about finding the __alloc_size attribute on functions. Suggested-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index a65753c05a69..e4b0def605c3 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -489,7 +489,8 @@ our $Attribute = qr{ ____cacheline_aligned| ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp| ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp| - __weak + __weak| + __alloc_size\s*\(\s*\d+\s*(?:,\s*\d+\s*)?\) }x; our $Modifier; our $Inline = qr{inline|__always_inline|noinline|__inline|__inline__}; -- 2.30.2