Re: [PATCH 1/1] scripts/checkpatch.pl: device_initcall is not the only __initcall substitute

[Joe Perches]

On Mon, 2014-06-02 at 19:12 +0200, Fabian Frederick wrote:
> This patch adds a link to init.h to find accurate initcall function
> to replace obsolete __initcall

maybe s/accurate/appropriate/

> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
[]
> @@ -4443,10 +4443,10 @@ sub process {
>  			     "$1 is obsolete, use k$3 instead\n" . $herecurr);
>  		}
>  
> -# check for __initcall(), use device_initcall() explicitly please
> +# check for __initcall(), use device_initcall() explicitly or more accurate function please
>  		if ($line =~ /^.\s*__initcall\s*\(/) {
>  			WARN("USE_DEVICE_INITCALL",
> -			     "please use device_initcall() instead of __initcall()\n" . $herecurr);
> +			     "please use device_initcall() or more accurate function instead of __initcall() (see include/linux/init.h)\n" . $herecurr);
>  		}



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