The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: prefer __section over __attribute__((section(...)))
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
checkpatch-prefer-__section-over-__attribute__section.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-prefer-__section-over-__attribute__section.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-prefer-__section-over-__attribute__section.patch
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From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: prefer __section over __attribute__((section(...)))
Add another test for __attribute__((section("foo"))) uses that should be
__section(foo)
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/2f374c3c27054b7f978115270d587c624d9962fc.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx
Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-prefer-__section-over-__attribute__section
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5900,6 +5900,18 @@ sub process {
"__aligned(size) is preferred over __attribute__((aligned(size)))\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# Check for __attribute__ section, prefer __section
+ if ($realfile !~ m@\binclude/uapi/@ &&
+ $line =~ /\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(.*_*section_*\s*\(\s*("[^"]*")/) {
+ my $old = substr($rawline, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1]);
+ my $new = substr($old, 1, -1);
+ if (WARN("PREFER_SECTION",
+ "__section($new) is preferred over __attribute__((section($old)))\n" . $herecurr) &&
+ $fix) {
+ $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(\s*_*section_*\s*\(\s*\Q$old\E\s*\)\s*\)\s*\)/__section($new)/;
+ }
+ }
+
# Check for __attribute__ format(printf, prefer __printf
if ($realfile !~ m@\binclude/uapi/@ &&
$line =~ /\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(\s*format\s*\(\s*printf/) {
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are
string-add-stracpy-and-stracpy_pad-mechanisms.patch
kernel-doc-core-api-include-stringh-into-core-api.patch
kernel-doc-core-api-include-stringh-into-core-api-v2.patch
checkpatch-dont-interpret-stack-dumps-as-commit-ids.patch
checkpatch-improve-spdx-license-checking.patch
checkpatch-prefer-__section-over-__attribute__section.patch
