linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH resend] checkpatch: Replace __init_refok by __refconst and _

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Date:   Mon, 17 Jul 2017 08:01:38 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend] checkpatch: Replace __init_refok by __refconst
 and __refdata

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

> Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>
> ---
>  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@...ches.com>