From 462811d9d4007abe229c4cede0c124ed631da0cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2019 16:46:44 -0700 Subject: 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 Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Tested-by: Nick Desaulniers Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'scripts') 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/) { -- cgit