checkpatch: add __rcu as a sparse modifier
authorSven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:13:23 +0000 (17:13 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 26 Jul 2011 03:57:16 +0000 (20:57 -0700)
Fix "need consistent spacing around '*'" error after a __rcu sparse
annotation which was caused by the missing __rcu entry in the
checkpatch.pl internal list of sparse keywords.

Signed-off-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
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>
scripts/checkpatch.pl

index 5ba62d8b5e521a7e2988db6a0cf3d188ba8af613..63cca81b1105dd951eec3d6b12c0735682b8003b 100755 (executable)
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ our $Sparse = qr{
                        __must_check|
                        __init_refok|
                        __kprobes|
-                       __ref
+                       __ref|
+                       __rcu
                }x;
 
 # Notes to $Attribute: