linux-kernel - linux-next - sparse warnings after prefered/preferred patch.

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Date:   Thu, 24 Oct 2019 00:19:44 -0400
From:   "Valdis Klētnieks" <valdis.kletnieks@...edu>
To:     Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@...roid.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: linux-next - sparse warnings after prefered/preferred patch.

Building with C=1 W=1.  After this commit:

commit 79f0cf35dccb1df27436c11b1a928b7a46152211
Author: Mark Salyzyn <salyzyn@...roid.com>
Date:   Wed Oct 23 11:25:16 2019 +1100

    treewide: cleanup: replace prefered with preferred

sparse throws messages on every single .c that includes sysctl.h:

 CHECK   kernel/sched/wait.c
./include/uapi/linux/sysctl.h:561:36: error: Expected } at end of specifier
./include/uapi/linux/sysctl.h:561:36: error: got __attribute__
  CC      kernel/sched/wait.o
  CHECK   kernel/sched/wait_bit.c
./include/uapi/linux/sysctl.h:561:36: error: Expected } at end of specifier
./include/uapi/linux/sysctl.h:561:36: error: got __attribute__
  CC      kernel/sched/wait_bit.o
  CHECK   kernel/sched/swait.c
./include/uapi/linux/sysctl.h:561:36: error: Expected } at end of specifier
./include/uapi/linux/sysctl.h:561:36: error: got __attribute__
  CC      kernel/sched/swait.o

The build has only gotten through 471 CC's so far - and 327 have thrown warnings.

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