As explained in Documentation/timers/timers-howto.txt, msleep's
of < 20ms may sleep for as long as 20ms. Caller's of
msleep(1) or msleep(2), etc are likely not to expect this
quirky behavior - warn them.
Signed-off-by: Patrick Pannuto <ppannuto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 +++++++
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 1698c63..8536c33 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2578,6 +2578,13 @@ sub process {
}
}
+# warn about unexpectedly long msleep's
+ if ($line =~ /\bmsleep\s*\((\d+)\);/) {
+ if ($1 < 20) {
+ WARN("msleep < 20ms can sleep for up to 20ms; see Documentation/timers/timers-howto.txt\n" . $line);
+ }
+ }
+
# warn about #ifdefs in C files
# if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if(|n)def/ && ($realfile =~ /\.c$/)) {
# print "#ifdef in C files should be avoided\n";
--
1.7.2
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