diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 100b7822fe71..6022e2adfaf6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7d2367af0b09f8028dc5c1b1919bb82d141c2afb
+refs/heads/master: 165e72a6c374ed03c57d03c88406d32745e1add2
diff --git a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 5ba62d8b5e52..63cca81b1105 100755
--- a/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -145,7 +145,8 @@ sub help {
 			__must_check|
 			__init_refok|
 			__kprobes|
-			__ref
+			__ref|
+			__rcu
 		}x;
 
 # Notes to $Attribute: