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1 files changed, 47 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index c883ec55654f..b737ca9d7204 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -468,6 +468,7 @@ our $logFunctions = qr{(?x:
our $signature_tags = qr{(?xi:
Signed-off-by:|
+ Co-developed-by:|
Acked-by:|
Tested-by:|
Reviewed-by:|
@@ -573,6 +574,27 @@ foreach my $entry (@mode_permission_funcs) {
}
$mode_perms_search = "(?:${mode_perms_search})";
+our %deprecated_apis = (
+ "synchronize_rcu_bh" => "synchronize_rcu",
+ "synchronize_rcu_bh_expedited" => "synchronize_rcu_expedited",
+ "call_rcu_bh" => "call_rcu",
+ "rcu_barrier_bh" => "rcu_barrier",
+ "synchronize_sched" => "synchronize_rcu",
+ "synchronize_sched_expedited" => "synchronize_rcu_expedited",
+ "call_rcu_sched" => "call_rcu",
+ "rcu_barrier_sched" => "rcu_barrier",
+ "get_state_synchronize_sched" => "get_state_synchronize_rcu",
+ "cond_synchronize_sched" => "cond_synchronize_rcu",
+);
+
+#Create a search pattern for all these strings to speed up a loop below
+our $deprecated_apis_search = "";
+foreach my $entry (keys %deprecated_apis) {
+ $deprecated_apis_search .= '|' if ($deprecated_apis_search ne "");
+ $deprecated_apis_search .= $entry;
+}
+$deprecated_apis_search = "(?:${deprecated_apis_search})";
+
our $mode_perms_world_writable = qr{
S_IWUGO |
S_IWOTH |
@@ -3869,14 +3891,23 @@ sub process {
WARN("STATIC_CONST_CHAR_ARRAY",
"static const char * array should probably be static const char * const\n" .
$herecurr);
- }
+ }
+
+# check for initialized const char arrays that should be static const
+ if ($line =~ /^\+\s*const\s+(char|unsigned\s+char|_*u8|(?:[us]_)?int8_t)\s+\w+\s*\[\s*(?:\w+\s*)?\]\s*=\s*"/) {
+ if (WARN("STATIC_CONST_CHAR_ARRAY",
+ "const array should probably be static const\n" . $herecurr) &&
+ $fix) {
+ $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(^.\s*)const\b/${1}static const/;
+ }
+ }
# check for static char foo[] = "bar" declarations.
if ($line =~ /\bstatic\s+char\s+(\w+)\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*"/) {
WARN("STATIC_CONST_CHAR_ARRAY",
"static char array declaration should probably be static const char\n" .
$herecurr);
- }
+ }
# check for const <foo> const where <foo> is not a pointer or array type
if ($sline =~ /\bconst\s+($BasicType)\s+const\b/) {
@@ -6368,6 +6399,20 @@ 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;
+ my $new_api = $deprecated_apis{$deprecated_api};
+ WARN("DEPRECATED_API",
+ "Deprecated use of '$deprecated_api', prefer '$new_api' instead\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# check for various structs that are normally const (ops, kgdb, device_tree)
# and avoid what seem like struct definitions 'struct foo {'
if ($line !~ /\bconst\b/ &&