checkpatch: make in_atomic ok in the core 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@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 45eb0ae..c71a0fa 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2560,7 +2560,7 @@ 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); } }