Re: [PATCH resend] checkpatch: Replace __init_refok by __refconst and __refdata

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

Hi Joe,

On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 5:01 PM, Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 2017-07-17 at 15:42 +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
>> As of commit bd721ea73e1f9655 ("treewide: replace obsolete _refok by
>> __ref"), __init_refok no longer exists, so it can be removed.
>> While at it, add the modern variants that were still missing.
>
> Maybe nicer to add some phrase like "Update sparse keywords"
> in the patch title

s/sparse/section/?
Will fix in v2.

>> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@xxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 3 ++-
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
>> index 2287a0bca863bf57..b88740bfe9d14e41 100755
>> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
>> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
>> @@ -343,9 +343,10 @@ our $Sparse      = qr{
>>                       __force|
>>                       __iomem|
>>                       __must_check|
>> -                     __init_refok|
>>                       __kprobes|
>>                       __ref|
>> +                     __refconst|
>> +                     __refdata|
>>                       __rcu|
>>                       __private
>>               }x;
>
> Anyway:
>
> Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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