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Message-id: <1534354.yq7QTJSTju@amdc1032>
Date:	Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:23:11 +0200
From:	Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: warn about incorrect __initdata placement

__initdata tag should be placed between the variable name and equal
sign for the variable to be placed in the intended .init.data section.

Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>
Signed-off-by: Kyungmin Park <kyungmin.park@...sung.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 23d55bf..88d07a6 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4275,6 +4275,12 @@ sub process {
 			WARN("EXPORTED_WORLD_WRITABLE",
 			     "Exporting world writable files is usually an error. Consider more restrictive permissions.\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
+
+# check for incorrect __initdata placement
+		if ($line =~ /\bstruct\s+__initdata.*\=/) {
+			WARN("INITDATA_PLACEMENT",
+			     "__initdata tag should be placed between the variable name and equal sign\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
 	}
 
 	# If we have no input at all, then there is nothing to report on
-- 
1.8.2.3


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