The patch titled Subject: include-linux-apply-__malloc-attribute-checkpatch-fixes has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is include-linux-apply-__malloc-attribute-checkpatch-fixes.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/include-linux-apply-__malloc-attribute-checkpatch-fixes.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/include-linux-apply-__malloc-attribute-checkpatch-fixes.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: include-linux-apply-__malloc-attribute-checkpatch-fixes ERROR: "foo * bar" should be "foo *bar" #171: FILE: include/linux/mempool.h:35: +extern void * mempool_alloc(mempool_t *pool, gfp_t gfp_mask) __malloc; Cc: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/mempool.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN include/linux/bootmem.h~include-linux-apply-__malloc-attribute-checkpatch-fixes include/linux/bootmem.h diff -puN include/linux/device.h~include-linux-apply-__malloc-attribute-checkpatch-fixes include/linux/device.h diff -puN include/linux/kernel.h~include-linux-apply-__malloc-attribute-checkpatch-fixes include/linux/kernel.h diff -puN include/linux/mempool.h~include-linux-apply-__malloc-attribute-checkpatch-fixes include/linux/mempool.h --- a/include/linux/mempool.h~include-linux-apply-__malloc-attribute-checkpatch-fixes +++ a/include/linux/mempool.h @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ extern mempool_t *mempool_create_node(in extern int mempool_resize(mempool_t *pool, int new_min_nr); extern void mempool_destroy(mempool_t *pool); -extern void * mempool_alloc(mempool_t *pool, gfp_t gfp_mask) __malloc; +extern void *mempool_alloc(mempool_t *pool, gfp_t gfp_mask) __malloc; extern void mempool_free(void *element, mempool_t *pool); /* diff -puN include/linux/slab.h~include-linux-apply-__malloc-attribute-checkpatch-fixes include/linux/slab.h diff -puN include/linux/string.h~include-linux-apply-__malloc-attribute-checkpatch-fixes include/linux/string.h _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are i-need-old-gcc.patch arch-alpha-kernel-systblss-remove-debug-check.patch drivers-gpu-drm-i915-intel_spritec-fix-build.patch drivers-gpu-drm-i915-intel_tvc-fix-build.patch sched-add-schedule_timeout_idle.patch drivers-input-eliminate-input_compat_test-macro.patch mm-kasan-stackdepot-implementation-enable-stackdepot-for-slab-fix.patch arm-arch-arm-include-asm-pageh-needs-personalityh.patch mm.patch include-linux-apply-__malloc-attribute-checkpatch-fixes.patch ksm-introduce-ksm_max_page_sharing-per-page-deduplication-limit-fix-2.patch mm-oom-rework-oom-detection-checkpatch-fixes.patch mm-use-watermak-checks-for-__gfp_repeat-high-order-allocations-checkpatch-fixes.patch drivers-net-wireless-intel-iwlwifi-dvm-calibc-fix-min-warning.patch do_shared_fault-check-that-mmap_sem-is-held.patch kernel-forkc-export-kernel_thread-to-modules.patch slab-leaks3-default-y.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html