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authorFabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be>2014-06-04 16:12:10 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-06-04 16:54:20 -0700
commitae3ccc4678fec2d270a4c54981831c7b8a2da9cd (patch)
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scripts/checkpatch.pl: device_initcall is not the only __initcall substitute
This patch adds a link to init.h to find appropriate initcall function to replace obsolete __initcall Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@skynet.be> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl')
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 0ef4ae1de8ee..010b18ef4ea0 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4551,10 +4551,10 @@ sub process {
"$1 is obsolete, use k$3 instead\n" . $herecurr);
}
-# check for __initcall(), use device_initcall() explicitly please
+# check for __initcall(), use device_initcall() explicitly or more appropriate function please
if ($line =~ /^.\s*__initcall\s*\(/) {
WARN("USE_DEVICE_INITCALL",
- "please use device_initcall() instead of __initcall()\n" . $herecurr);
+ "please use device_initcall() or more appropriate function instead of __initcall() (see include/linux/init.h)\n" . $herecurr);
}
# check for various ops structs, ensure they are const.