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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 576139a508a3..c274e1dc1e67 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3299,6 +3299,12 @@ sub process { } } +# check for comparisons of jiffies + if ($line =~ /\bjiffies\s*$Compare|$Compare\s*jiffies\b/) { + WARN("JIFFIES_COMPARISON", + "Comparing jiffies is almost always wrong; prefer time_after, time_before and friends\n" . $herecurr); + } + # warn about #ifdefs in C files # if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if(|n)def/ && ($realfile =~ /\.c$/)) { # print "#ifdef in C files should be avoided\n"; |