checkpatch: __weak is an official attribute

Add __weak as an official attribute.  This tends to be used in a location
where the automated attribute detector misses it.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <[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 9208ec64af9d753c2b504aaa6ba27daf56474df7..c79abb41793dfc5ef377d560776450769545be47 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ our $Attribute      = qr{
                        __(?:mem|cpu|dev|)(?:initdata|init)|
                        ____cacheline_aligned|
                        ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp|
-                       ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp
+                       ____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp|
+                       __weak
                  }x;
 our $Modifier;
 our $Inline    = qr{inline|__always_inline|noinline};