[PATCH] checkpatch: Add __alias and __weak to suggested __attribute__ conversions

From: Joe Perches
Date: Sun Nov 01 2020 - 18:11:20 EST


Add __alias and __weak to the suggested __attribute__((<foo>)) conversions.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
This depends on the patch to remove stringification from the __alias macro.

scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 58095d9d8f34..2438a22b0255 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6197,6 +6197,7 @@ sub process {
$attr =~ s/\s*\(\s*(.*)\)\s*/$1/;

my %attr_list = (
+ "alias" => "__alias",
"aligned" => "__aligned",
"always_inline" => "__always_inline",
"assume_aligned" => "__assume_aligned",
@@ -6217,7 +6218,8 @@ sub process {
"packed" => "__packed",
"pure" => "__pure",
"section" => "__section",
- "used" => "__used"
+ "used" => "__used",
+ "weak" => "__weak"
);

while ($attr =~ /\s*(\w+)\s*(${balanced_parens})?/g) {