linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6] checkpatch: extend attributes check to handle more patterns

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Date:   Sun, 25 Oct 2020 12:36:35 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, lukas.bulwahn@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6] checkpatch: extend attributes check to handle more
 patterns

On Mon, 2020-10-26 at 01:01 +0530, Dwaipayan Ray wrote:
> It is generally preferred that the macros from
> include/linux/compiler_attributes.h are used, unless there
> is a reason not to.
> 
> checkpatch currently checks __attribute__ for each of
> packed, aligned, section, printf, scanf, and weak. Other
> declarations in compiler_attributes.h are not handled.
> 
> Add a generic test to check the presence of such attributes.
> Some attributes require more specific handling and are kept
> separate.
> 
> Also add fixes to the generic attributes check to substitute
> the correct conversions.
	
Thanks Dwaipayan.

Andrew, can you pick this up please?

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20201025193103.23223-1-dwaipayanray1@gmail.com/raw