FILE_PATH_CHANGES,MAINTAINERS_STYLE,SPDX_LICENSE_TAG,\
VOLATILE,PREFER_PACKED,PREFER_ALIGNED,PREFER_PRINTF,\
PREFER_KERNEL_TYPES,BIT_MACRO,CONST_STRUCT,\
-SPLIT_STRING,LONG_LINE_STRING,\
+SPLIT_STRING,LONG_LINE_STRING,C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE,\
LINE_SPACING,PARENTHESIS_ALIGNMENT,NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE,\
NEW_TYPEDEFS,COMPARISON_TO_NULL"
options="$options $DPDK_CHECKPATCH_OPTIONS"
-f $(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/check-forbidden-tokens.awk \
"$1" || res=1
+ # refrain from using compiler attribute without defining a common macro
+ awk -v FOLDERS="lib drivers app examples" \
+ -v EXPRESSIONS="__attribute__" \
+ -v RET_ON_FAIL=1 \
+ -v MESSAGE='Using compiler attribute directly' \
+ -f $(dirname $(readlink -f $0))/check-forbidden-tokens.awk \
+ "$1" || res=1
+
# svg figures must be included with wildcard extension
# because of png conversion for pdf docs
awk -v FOLDERS='doc' \