The following commit has been merged into the locking/kcsan branch of tip: Commit-ID: 5099a722e9727fe9a93fac51e961735f40e5b6c8 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/5099a722e9727fe9a93fac51e961735f40e5b6c8 Author: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Wed, 01 Apr 2020 12:17:14 +02:00 Committer: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Wed, 06 May 2020 10:54:58 -07:00 checkpatch: Warn about data_race() without comment Warn about applications of data_race() without a comment, to encourage documenting the reasoning behind why it was deemed safe. Suggested-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index a63380c..48bb950 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -5833,6 +5833,14 @@ sub process { } } +# check for data_race without a comment. + if ($line =~ /\bdata_race\s*\(/) { + if (!ctx_has_comment($first_line, $linenr)) { + WARN("DATA_RACE", + "data_race without comment\n" . $herecurr); + } + } + # check for smp_read_barrier_depends and read_barrier_depends if (!$file && $line =~ /\b(smp_|)read_barrier_depends\s*\(/) { WARN("READ_BARRIER_DEPENDS",