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| author | Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> | 2019-09-26 01:46:44 +0200 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-09-26 02:51:39 +0200 |
| commit | 462811d9d4007abe229c4cede0c124ed631da0cc (patch) | |
| tree | 5219fbd7b18f82f56582b8a45df526ac656d7e91 /scripts/checkpatch.pl | |
| parent | checkpatch: exclude sizeof sub-expressions from MACRO_ARG_REUSE (diff) | |
| download | linux-462811d9d4007abe229c4cede0c124ed631da0cc.tar.xz linux-462811d9d4007abe229c4cede0c124ed631da0cc.zip | |
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@perches.com
Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Tested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index d7466879d505..1f85a3abbd17 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -5886,6 +5886,18 @@ 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/) { |