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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 31 |
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index a4d74344d80..bd88f11b095 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1382,6 +1382,21 @@ sub process { ERROR("trailing whitespace\n" . $herevet); } +# check for Kconfig help text having a real description + if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ && + $line =~ /\+?\s*(---)?help(---)?$/) { + my $length = 0; + for (my $l = $linenr; defined($lines[$l]); $l++) { + my $f = $lines[$l]; + $f =~ s/#.*//; + $f =~ s/^\s+//; + next if ($f =~ /^$/); + last if ($f =~ /^\s*config\s/); + $length++; + } + WARN("please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr) if ($length < 4); + } + # check we are in a valid source file if not then ignore this hunk next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|s|S|pl|sh)$/); @@ -2586,6 +2601,11 @@ sub process { CHK("architecture specific defines should be avoided\n" . $herecurr); } +# Check that the storage class is at the beginning of a declaration + if ($line =~ /\b$Storage\b/ && $line !~ /^.\s*$Storage\b/) { + WARN("storage class should be at the beginning of the declaration\n" . $herecurr) + } + # check the location of the inline attribute, that it is between # storage class and type. if ($line =~ /\b$Type\s+$Inline\b/ || @@ -2656,6 +2676,7 @@ 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 +2761,16 @@ 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 |