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authorNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>2010-05-22 08:31:36 +1000
committerNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>2010-05-22 08:31:36 +1000
commit19fdb9eefb21b72edbc365b838502780c392bad6 (patch)
treedeae04c48532d6eab64ed4b0396737bb854b5506 /scripts/checkpatch.pl
parentbe6800a73aa2f3dc14744c3b80e676d189789f04 (diff)
parent3ff195b011d7decf501a4d55aeed312731094796 (diff)
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Merge commit '3ff195b011d7decf501a4d55aeed312731094796' into for-linus
Conflicts: drivers/md/md.c - Resolved conflict in md_update_sb - Added extra 'NULL' arg to new instance of sysfs_get_dirent. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a4d74344d805..f2bbea900700 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