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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index a4d74344d80..f2bbea90070 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2656,6 +2656,7 @@ sub process { # check for semaphores used as mutexes if ($line =~ /^.\s*init_MUTEX_LOCKED\s*\(/) { WARN("consider using a completion\n" . $herecurr); + } # recommend strict_strto* over simple_strto* if ($line =~ /\bsimple_(strto.*?)\s*\(/) { @@ -2740,6 +2741,16 @@ sub process { WARN("use of in_atomic() is incorrect outside core kernel code\n" . $herecurr); } } + +# check for lockdep_set_novalidate_class + if ($line =~ /^.\s*lockdep_set_novalidate_class\s*\(/ || + $line =~ /__lockdep_no_validate__\s*\)/ ) { + if ($realfile !~ m@^kernel/lockdep@ && + $realfile !~ m@^include/linux/lockdep@ && + $realfile !~ m@^drivers/base/core@) { + ERROR("lockdep_no_validate class is reserved for device->mutex.\n" . $herecurr); + } + } } # If we have no input at all, then there is nothing to report on |