The patch titled Subject: scripts/checkpatch.pl: remove _deferred and _deferred_once false warning has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was scripts-checkpatchpl-remove-_deferred-and-_deferred_once-false-warning.patch This patch was dropped because it was nacked ------------------------------------------------------ From: Maninder Singh <maninder1.s@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: scripts/checkpatch.pl: remove _deferred and _deferred_once false warning With commit 98e35f5894cf ("printk: git rid of [sched_delayed] message for printk_deferred") printk_deferred and printk_deferred_once requires LOGLEVEL in argument, but checkpatch.pl was not fixed and still reports it as warning: WARNING: Possible unnecessary KERN_ALERT printk_deferred(KERN_ALERT "checking deferred\n"); Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220228073708.1610603-1-maninder1.s@xxxxxxxxxxx Co-developed-by: Vaneet Narang <v.narang@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Vaneet Narang <v.narang@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Maninder Singh <maninder1.s@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~scripts-checkpatchpl-remove-_deferred-and-_deferred_once-false-warning +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -6312,7 +6312,7 @@ sub process { } # check for logging functions with KERN_<LEVEL> - if ($line !~ /printk(?:_ratelimited|_once)?\s*\(/ && + if ($line !~ /printk(?:_ratelimited|_once|_deferred|_deferred_once)?\s*\(/ && $line =~ /\b$logFunctions\s*\(.*\b(KERN_[A-Z]+)\b/) { my $level = $1; if (WARN("UNNECESSARY_KERN_LEVEL", _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from maninder1.s@xxxxxxxxxxx are kallsyms-print-module-name-in-%ps-s-case-when-kallsyms-is-disabled.patch kallsyms-enhance-%ps-s-b-printing-when-kallsysms-is-disabled.patch