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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9a3894dbf75..1530dbf1dab 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -145,11 +145,14 @@ our $Sparse = qr{
__kprobes|
__ref
}x;
+
+# Notes to $Attribute:
+# We need \b after 'init' otherwise 'initconst' will cause a false positive in a check
our $Attribute = qr{
const|
__read_mostly|
__kprobes|
- __(?:mem|cpu|dev|)(?:initdata|init)|
+ __(?:mem|cpu|dev|)(?:initdata|initconst|init\b)|
____cacheline_aligned|
____cacheline_aligned_in_smp|
____cacheline_internodealigned_in_smp|