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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 5420db6502fc..cf70f123f574 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2108,6 +2108,10 @@ sub process { if ($line =~ /\bsimple_(strto.*?)\s*\(/) { WARN("consider using strict_$1 in preference to simple_$1\n" . $herecurr); } +# check for __initcall(), use device_initcall() explicitly please + if ($line =~ /^.\s*__initcall\s*\(/) { + WARN("please use device_initcall() instead of __initcall()\n" . $herecurr); + } # use of NR_CPUS is usually wrong # ignore definitions of NR_CPUS and usage to define arrays as likely right |