linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: Add __alias and __weak to suggested __attribute_

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Date:   Sun, 01 Nov 2020 15:11:04 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Add __alias and __weak to suggested
 __attribute__ conversions

Add __alias and __weak to the suggested __attribute__((<foo>)) conversions.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
This depends on the patch to remove stringification from the __alias macro.

 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 58095d9d8f34..2438a22b0255 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6197,6 +6197,7 @@ sub process {
 			$attr =~ s/\s*\(\s*(.*)\)\s*/$1/;
 
 			my %attr_list = (
+				"alias"				=> "__alias",
 				"aligned"			=> "__aligned",
 				"always_inline"			=> "__always_inline",
 				"assume_aligned"		=> "__assume_aligned",
@@ -6217,7 +6218,8 @@ sub process {
 				"packed"			=> "__packed",
 				"pure"				=> "__pure",
 				"section"			=> "__section",
-				"used"				=> "__used"
+				"used"				=> "__used",
+				"weak"				=> "__weak"
 			);
 
 			while ($attr =~ /\s*(\w+)\s*(${balanced_parens})?/g) {