checkpatch: add __rcu as a sparse modifier

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 <[email protected]>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <[email protected]>
Cc: Joe Perches <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

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