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authorPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>2018-11-11 10:49:10 -0800
committerPaul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>2018-11-12 09:03:59 -0800
commit3d709ab5a1767d422223e84cf5c20f0d33738274 (patch)
tree9f76e76c32d69c84bbfc045f1d315284c4d375ed /scripts
parent9189c7e706038a508567cb2e46ccdb68b08f4ac7 (diff)
downloadlinux-3d709ab5a1767d422223e84cf5c20f0d33738274.tar.gz
checkpatch.pl: Suggest lockdep instead of asserting !spin_is_locked()
This commit points people who might otherwise code up something like WARN_ON(!spin_is_locked(&mylock)) to lockdep_assert_held(&mylock). Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index dd29e3c28166..377f373db6c0 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6389,6 +6389,12 @@ sub process {
"please use device_initcall() or more appropriate function instead of __initcall() (see include/linux/init.h)\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# check for spin_is_locked(), suggest lockdep instead
+ if ($line =~ /\bspin_is_locked\(/) {
+ WARN("USE_LOCKDEP",
+ "Where possible, use lockdep_assert_held instead of assertions based on spin_is_locked\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# check for deprecated apis
if ($line =~ /\b($deprecated_apis_search)\b\s*\(/) {
my $deprecated_api = $1;