From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: add __alias and __weak to suggested __attribute__ conversions Add __alias and __weak to the suggested __attribute__((<foo>)) conversions. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/7b74137743c58ce0633ec4d575b94e2210e4dbe7.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-__alias-and-__weak-to-suggested-__attribute__-conversions +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -6200,6 +6200,7 @@ sub process { $attr =~ s/\s*\(\s*(.*)\)\s*/$1/; my %attr_list = ( + "alias" => "__alias", "aligned" => "__aligned", "always_inline" => "__always_inline", "assume_aligned" => "__assume_aligned", @@ -6220,7 +6221,8 @@ sub process { "packed" => "__packed", "pure" => "__pure", "section" => "__section", - "used" => "__used" + "used" => "__used", + "weak" => "__weak" ); while ($attr =~ /\s*(\w+)\s*(${balanced_parens})?/g) { _