Re: [PATCH] Remove errors caught by checkpatch.pl in kernel/utsname_sysctl.c

From: Manish Katiyar
Date: Mon Feb 16 2009 - 09:59:36 EST


[resending with changed changelog based on stefan's comments]

On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Stefan Richter
<stefanr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Manish Katiyar wrote:
>> --- a/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c
>> +++ b/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c
>> @@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int proc_do_uts_string(ctl_table *table, int
>> write, struct file *filp,
>> int r;
>> memcpy(&uts_table, table, sizeof(uts_table));
>> uts_table.data = get_uts(table, write);
>> - r = proc_dostring(&uts_table,write,filp,buffer,lenp, ppos);
>> + r = proc_dostring(&uts_table, write, filp, buffer, lenp, ppos);
>> put_uts(table, write, uts_table.data);
>> return r;
>> }
>> @@ -142,4 +142,4 @@ static int __init utsname_sysctl_init(void)
>> return 0;
>> }
>>
>> -__initcall(utsname_sysctl_init);
>> +device_initcall(utsname_sysctl_init);
>
> The changelog should note that this is a whitespace fix + initcall
> annotation change.
>
> That checkpatch was somehow involved in the creation of this patch is
> entirely uninteresting for the changelog.

Replace deprecated __initcall with equivalent device_initcall. Also
fix whitespaces.

Signed-off-by: Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@xxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/utsname_sysctl.c | 4 ++--
1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c b/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c
index 3b34b35..d1dc4ca 100644
--- a/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/utsname_sysctl.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static int proc_do_uts_string(ctl_table *table, int
write, struct file *filp,
int r;
memcpy(&uts_table, table, sizeof(uts_table));
uts_table.data = get_uts(table, write);
- r = proc_dostring(&uts_table,write,filp,buffer,lenp, ppos);
+ r = proc_dostring(&uts_table, write, filp, buffer, lenp, ppos);
put_uts(table, write, uts_table.data);
return r;
}
@@ -142,4 +142,4 @@ static int __init utsname_sysctl_init(void)
return 0;
}

-__initcall(utsname_sysctl_init);
+device_initcall(utsname_sysctl_init);
--
1.5.4.3


Thanks -
Manish

> --
> Stefan Richter
> -=====-==--= --=- =----
> http://arcgraph.de/sr/
>
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