This patch adds a link to init.h to find accurate initcall function to replace obsolete __initcall
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <[email protected]> Cc: Joe Perches <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <[email protected]> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 34eb216..c981298 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -4443,10 +4443,10 @@ sub process { "$1 is obsolete, use k$3 instead\n" . $herecurr); } -# check for __initcall(), use device_initcall() explicitly please +# check for __initcall(), use device_initcall() explicitly or more accurate function please if ($line =~ /^.\s*__initcall\s*\(/) { WARN("USE_DEVICE_INITCALL", - "please use device_initcall() instead of __initcall()\n" . $herecurr); + "please use device_initcall() or more accurate function instead of __initcall() (see include/linux/init.h)\n" . $herecurr); } # check for various ops structs, ensure they are const. -- 1.8.4.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
