From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: prefer ftrace over function entry/exit printks Prefer using ftrace over function entry/exit logging messages. Warn with various function entry/exit only logging that only use __func__ with or without descriptive decoration. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/47c01081533a417c99c9a80a4cd537f8c308503f.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+) --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-prefer-ftrace-over-function-entry-exit-printks +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -507,6 +507,30 @@ our $signature_tags = qr{(?xi: Cc: )}; +our $tracing_logging_tags = qr{(?xi: + [=-]*> | + <[=-]* | + \[ | + \] | + start | + called | + entered | + entry | + enter | + in | + inside | + here | + begin | + exit | + end | + done | + leave | + completed | + out | + return | + [\.\!:\s]* +)}; + sub edit_distance_min { my (@arr) = @_; my $len = scalar @arr; @@ -5972,6 +5996,17 @@ sub process { "Prefer using '\"%s...\", __func__' to using '$context_function', this function's name, in a string\n" . $herecurr); } +# check for unnecessary function tracing like uses +# This does not use $logFunctions because there are many instances like +# 'dprintk(FOO, "%s()\n", __func__);' which do not match $logFunctions + if ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\([^"]*"$tracing_logging_tags{0,3}%s(?:\s*\(\s*\)\s*)?$tracing_logging_tags{0,3}(?:\\n)?"\s*,\s*__func__\s*\)\s*;/) { + if (WARN("TRACING_LOGGING", + "Unnecessary ftrace-like logging - prefer using ftrace\n" . $herecurr) && + $fix) { + fix_delete_line($fixlinenr, $rawline); + } + } + # check for spaces before a quoted newline if ($rawline =~ /^.*\".*\s\\n/) { if (WARN("QUOTED_WHITESPACE_BEFORE_NEWLINE", _