The patch titled checkpatch: add __rcu as a sparse modifier has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is checkpatch-add-__rcu-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 __rcu as a sparse modifier From: Sven Eckelmann <sven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Fix "need consistent spacing around '*'" error after a __rcu sparse annotation which was caused by the missing __rcu entry in the checkpatch.pl internal list of sparse keywords. Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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-__rcu-as-a-sparse-modifier scripts/checkpatch.pl --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-__rcu-as-a-sparse-modifier +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ our $Sparse = qr{ __must_check| __init_refok| __kprobes| - __ref + __ref| + __rcu }x; # Notes to $Attribute: _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from sven@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch checkpatch-add-__rcu-as-a-sparse-modifier.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