The patch titled
checkpatch: make in_atomic ok in the core
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checkpatch-make-in_atomic-ok-in-the-core.patch
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Subject: checkpatch: make in_atomic ok in the core
From: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
We say that in_atomic() is ok in the core kernel, but then always report
it regardless of where in the kernel it is. Keep quiet if it is used in
kernel/*.
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-make-in_atomic-ok-in-the-core scripts/checkpatch.pl
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-make-in_atomic-ok-in-the-core
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2560,7 +2560,7 @@ sub process {
if ($line =~ /\bin_atomic\s*\(/) {
if ($realfile =~ m@^drivers/@) {
ERROR("do not use in_atomic in drivers\n" . $herecurr);
- } else {
+ } elsif ($realfile !~ m@^kernel/@) {
WARN("use of in_atomic() is incorrect outside core kernel code\n" . $herecurr);
}
}
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
mmc-add-modalias-linkage-for-mmc-sd-devices.patch
checkpatch-make-in_atomic-ok-in-the-core.patch
checkpatch-do-not-warn-about-p0-patches-when-checking-files.patch
checkpatch-correctly-handle-type-spacing-in-the-face-of-modifiers.patch
checkpatch-pointer-type-star-may-have-modifiers-following.patch
checkpatch-a-modifier-is-not-an-identifier-at-the-end-of-a-type.patch
checkpatch-extend-attribute-testing-to-all-modifiers.patch
checkpatch-add-__ref-as-a-sparse-modifier.patch
checkpatch-version-028.patch
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