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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index f88bb3e..826cdba 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2466,6 +2466,15 @@ sub process {
last;
}
}
+
+# whine mightly about in_atomic
+ if ($line =~ /\bin_atomic\s*\(/) {
+ if ($realfile =~ m@^drivers/@) {
+ ERROR("do not use in_atomic in drivers\n" . $herecurr);
+ } else {
+ WARN("use of in_atomic() is incorrect outside core kernel code\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+ }
}
# If we have no input at all, then there is nothing to report on
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