From e984de29d3324742979a1a74aa5e2b919c39c153 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2013 13:15:34 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: warn on unnecessary __dev<foo> section markings

Get people to stop adding __devinit and __devexit section markings.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Acked-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index f9afd075e109..3dcfbc9c6db4 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1931,6 +1931,12 @@ sub process {
 			      "use the SSYNC() macro in asm/blackfin.h\n" . $herevet);
 		}
 
+# check for old HOTPLUG __dev<foo> section markings
+		if ($line =~ /\b(__dev(init|exit)(data|const|))\b/) {
+			WARN("HOTPLUG_SECTION",
+			     "Using $1 is unnecessary\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # Check for potential 'bare' types
 		my ($stat, $cond, $line_nr_next, $remain_next, $off_next,
 		    $realline_next);
-- 
2.39.5