The patch titled checkpatch: add __ref as a sparse modifier has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is checkpatch-add-__ref-as-a-sparse-modifier.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 *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: checkpatch: add __ref as a sparse modifier From: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Add __ref as a sparse modifier. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-__ref-as-a-sparse-modifier scripts/checkpatch.pl --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-__ref-as-a-sparse-modifier +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ our $Sparse = qr{ __iomem| __must_check| __init_refok| - __kprobes + __kprobes| + __ref }x; our $Attribute = qr{ const| _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are mmc-add-modalias-linkage-for-mmc-sd-devices.patch checkpatch-make-in_atomic-ok-in-the-core.patch checkpatch-do-not-warn-about-p0-patches-when-checking-files.patch checkpatch-correctly-handle-type-spacing-in-the-face-of-modifiers.patch checkpatch-pointer-type-star-may-have-modifiers-following.patch checkpatch-a-modifier-is-not-an-identifier-at-the-end-of-a-type.patch checkpatch-extend-attribute-testing-to-all-modifiers.patch checkpatch-add-__ref-as-a-sparse-modifier.patch checkpatch-version-028.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