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Andy Whitcroft 5e8d8f6f28 checkpatch: version 0.30
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>
2009-10-29 07:39:31 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft 2b474a1a56 checkpatch: fix false EXPORT_SYMBOL warning
Ingo reported that the following lines triggered a false warning,

static struct lock_class_key rcu_lock_key;
struct lockdep_map rcu_lock_map =
        STATIC_LOCKDEP_MAP_INIT("rcu_read_lock", &rcu_lock_key);
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_lock_map);

from kernel/rcutree.c , and the false warning looked like this,

WARNING: EXPORT_SYMBOL(foo); should immediately follow its
function/variable
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_lock_map);

We actually should be checking the statement before the EXPORT_* for a
mention of the exported object, and complain where it is not there.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes]
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reported-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@fifo99.com>
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>
2009-10-29 07:39:31 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft 99423c2065 checkpatch: fix __attribute__ matching
In the following code,

union thread_union init_thread_union
	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) =
		{ INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task) };

There is a non-conforming declaration. It should really be like the
following,

union thread_union init_thread_union
	__attribute__((__section__(".data.init_task"))) = {
		INIT_THREAD_INFO(init_task)
};

However, checkpatch doesn't catch this right now because it doesn't
correctly evaluate the "__attribute__".

It is not at all clear that we care what preceeds an assignment style
attribute when we find the open brace.  Relax the test so we do not need
to check the __attribute__.

Reported-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@fifo99.com>
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>
2009-10-29 07:39:31 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft 2ceb532b04 checkpatch: fix false errors due to macro concatenation
The macro concatenation (##) sequence can cause false errors when checking
macro's.  Checkpatch doesn't currently know about the operator.

For example this line,

+ 	entry = (struct ftrace_raw_##call *)raw_data;                   \

is correct but it produces the following error,

ERROR: need consistent spacing around '*' (ctx:WxB)
+       entry = (struct ftrace_raw_##call *)raw_data;\
                                          ^

The line above doesn't have any spacing problems, and if you remove the
macro concatenation sequence checkpatch doesn't give any errors.

Extend identifier handling to include ## concatenation within the
definition of an identifier.

Reported-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@fifo99.com>
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>
2009-10-29 07:39:31 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft 131edb3418 checkpatch: update copyright dates
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>
2009-10-29 07:39:31 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft cc77cdca52 checkpatch: correctly stop scanning at the bottom of a hunk
We are allowing context scanning checks to apply against the first line of
context outside at the end of the hunk.  This can lead to false matches to
patch names leading to various perl warnings.  Correctly stop at the
bottom of the hunk.

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>
2009-10-29 07:39:31 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft 9a974fdbe3 checkpatch: possible types -- prevent illegal modifiers being added
Prevent known non types being detected as modifiers.  Ensure we do not
look at any type which starts with a keyword.

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>
2009-10-29 07:39:31 -07:00
Mike Frysinger 42e41c54d6 checkpatch: add some common Blackfin checks
Add checks for Blackfin-specific issues that seem to crop up from time to
time.  In particular, we have helper macros to break a 32bit address into
the hi/lo parts, and we want to make sure people use the csync/ssync
variant that includes fun anomaly workarounds.

Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Signed-off-by: Bryan Wu <cooloney@kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-09-22 07:17:48 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft 0487683096 checkpatch: version 0.29
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>
2009-09-22 07:17:48 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft fb9e9096ba checkpatch: limit sN/uN matches to actual bit sizes
Limit our type matcher to the s/u/le/be etc sizes that actually exist to
prevent miss categorising s2 as a type.  Fix up the spelling of the error
also.

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>
2009-09-22 07:17:48 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft ea71a0a019 checkpatch: format strings should not have brackets in macros
We should not recommend braces for the following:

    #define pr_fmt(fmt)    "%s: " fmt, __func__

allow things with double quotes round them to avoid this check.

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>
2009-09-22 07:17:48 -07:00
Hannes Eder 77f5b10a82 checkpatch: make -f alias --file, add --help, more verbose help message
Impact:
  - More verbose help/usage message.
  - Make the option -f an alias for --file.
  - On -h, --help, and --version display help message and exit(0).
  - With no FILE(s) given, exit(1) with "no input files".
  - On invalid options display help/usage and exit(1).

Based on a patch by Pavel Machek.

Signed-off-by: Hannes Eder <hannes@hanneseder.net>
Acked-by: Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>
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>
2009-09-22 07:17:48 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft 30dad6ebec checkpatch: indent checks -- stop when we run out of continuation lines
Ensure we terminate when there are no futher continuation lines when
trying to determine relative indent of conditionals and their blocks.

Reported-by: John Daiker <daikerjohn@gmail.com>
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>
2009-09-22 07:17:48 -07:00
Daniel Walker 113f04a836 checkpatch: handle C99 comments correctly (performance issue)
This fixes the sanitation process in checkpatch.pl so that it blocks out
the text after a C99 style comment the same way it does with block style
comments.  This prevents the text from getting processed as regular code.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@fifo99.com>
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>
2009-09-22 07:17:47 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft 463f286485 checkpatch: possible types -- else cannot start a type
An else cannot start a type, it would have to be within a block after the
else.  This can trigger false modifier matching.

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>
2009-09-22 07:17:47 -07:00
Andy Whitcroft bea5606d08 checkpatch: version 0.28
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>
2009-02-27 16:26:22 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 417495eda3 checkpatch: add __ref as a sparse modifier
Add __ref as a sparse modifier.

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>
2009-02-27 16:26:22 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 9360b0e50e checkpatch: extend attribute testing to all modifiers
We should allow testing of all modifiers not just attributes.  Extend
testing and test for all the know modifiers.

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>
2009-02-27 16:26:22 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 667026e7b0 checkpatch: a modifier is not an identifier at the end of a type
We must make sure we do not misrecognise a modifier as an Identifier
when trying to match types.  Prevent us matching this:

	void * __ref

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>
2009-02-27 16:26:22 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft a3340b3578 checkpatch: pointer type star may have modifiers following
We may have any modifier following a pointer type star.  Handle this:

	void * __user * __user foo;

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>
2009-02-27 16:26:22 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 00ef4ece05 checkpatch: correctly handle type spacing in the face of modifiers
We need to handle interspersed modifiers in the middle of pointer types,
for example:

	void * __user * __user bar;

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>
2009-02-27 16:26:21 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft e2f7aa4b8b checkpatch: do not warn about -p0 patches when checking files
We are triggering the -p0 check for our own diffs generated using --file
command line option.  Suppress this check for files.

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>
2009-02-27 16:26:21 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft f4a8773676 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>
2009-02-27 16:26:21 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft db92a6502d checkpatch: version: 0.27
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>
2009-01-15 16:39:39 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 6903ffb225 checkpatch: struct seq_operations should normally be const
In the general use case struct seq_operations should be a const object.
Check for and warn where it is not.

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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>
2009-01-15 16:39:39 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 3966778236 checkpatch: if should not continue a preceeding brace
We should not be continuing a braced section with an if, for example:

	if (...) {
	} if (...) {
	}

Detect this and suggest adding a newline.

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>
2009-01-15 16:39:38 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 63f17f8973 checkpatch: allow parentheses on return handle array values
When we allow return to have surrounding parentheses when containing
comparison operators we are not correctly handling the case where the
values contain array sufffixes.  Squash them.

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>
2009-01-15 16:39:38 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft f9a0b3d17a checkpatch: type/cast spacing should not check prefix spacing
We should not be complaining about the prefix spacing for types and casts.
 We are triggering here because the check for spacing between '*'s is
overly loose.  Tighten this up.

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>
2009-01-15 16:39:38 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft a27506459c checkpatch: handle missing #if open in context
If the #if opening statement is not in the context then the context stack
can be empty.  Handle this by ensuring there is always a blank entry in
the stack.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Tested-by: Dhaval Giani <dhaval@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-15 16:39:38 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 57b9c6d9c5 checkpatch: version: 0.26
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>
2009-01-06 15:59:17 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 21caa13c02 checkpatch: fix the perlcritic errors
Clean up checkpatch using perlcritic.

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>
2009-01-06 15:59:17 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 2b6db5cb65 checkpatch: struct file_operations should normally be const
In the general use case struct file_operations should be a const object.
Check for and warn where it is not.  As suggested by Steven and Ingo.

Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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>
2009-01-06 15:59:17 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft b53c8e104e checkpatch: ensure we actually detect if assignments split across lines
When checking for assignments within if conditionals we check the whole of
the condition, but the match is performed using a line constrained regular
expression.  This means we can miss split conditionals or those on the
second line.  Allow the check to span lines.

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>
2009-01-06 15:59:17 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 2d1bafd799 checkpatch: do not report nr_static as a static declaration
Ensure we do not report identifiers containing the word static as static
declarations.  For example this should not be reported as an unecessary
assignement of 0:

	long nr_static = 0;

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>
2009-01-06 15:59:17 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 4635f4fbaf checkpatch: track #ifdef/#else/#endif when tracking blocks
When picking up a complete statement or block for analysis we cannot
simply track open/close/etc parenthesis we must take into account
preprocessor section boundaries.

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>
2009-01-06 15:59:17 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 8b1b33786b checkpatch: fix continuation detection when handling spacing on operators
We are miscategorising a continuation fragment following an operator
which may lead to us thinking that there is a space after it when there is
not.  Fix this up.

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>
2009-01-06 15:59:17 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 8054576dca checkpatch: loosen spacing on typedef function checks
Loosen spacing checks to correctly detect this valid use of a typedef:

	typedef struct rcu_data *(*get_data_func)(int);

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>
2009-01-06 15:59:17 -08:00
Mike Frysinger 080ba92965 checkpatch: try to catch missing VMLINUX_SYMBOL() in vmlinux.lds.h
Seems like every other release we have someone who updates vmlinux.lds.h
and adds C-visible symbols without VMLINUX_SYMBOL() around them.  So start
checking the file and reject assignments which have plain symbols on
either side.

[apw@canonical.com: soften the check, add tests]
Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
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>
2009-01-06 15:59:16 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 86f9d059c6 checkpatch: allow parentheses on return for comparisons
It seems to be a common idiom to include braces on conditionals in all
contexts including return.  Allow this exception to the return is not a
function checks.  Reported by Kay Sievers.

Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org>
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>
2009-01-06 15:59:16 -08:00
Wolfram Sang 1e85572697 checkpatch: Add warning for p0-patches
Some people work internally with -p0-patches which has the danger that one
forgets to convert them to -p1 before mainlining.  Bitten myself and seen
p0-patches in mailing lists occasionally, this patch adds a warning to
checkpatch.pl in case a patch is -p0.  If you really want, you can fool
this check to generate false positives, this is why it just spits a
warning.  Making the check 100% proof is trickier than it looks, so let's
start with a version which catches the cases of real use.

[apw@canonical.com: update message language, handle null prefix, add tests]
Signed-off-by: Wolfram Sang <w.sang@pengutronix.de>
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>
2009-01-06 15:59:16 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 2a5a2c2522 checkpatch: update copyrights
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>
2009-01-06 15:59:16 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 50a7dcfb50 checkpatch: version: 0.25
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06 15:59:16 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 65863862ba checkpatch: dissallow spaces between stars in pointer types
Disallow spaces within multiple pointer stars (*) in both casts and
definitions.  Both of these would now be reported:

	(char * *)
	char * *foo;

Also now consistently detects and reports the attributes within these
structures making the error report itself clearer.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06 15:59:16 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft fae17daed7 checkpatch: comment ends inside strings is most likely not an open comment
When we are detecting whether a comment is open when we start a hunk we
check for the first comment edge in the hunk and assume its inverse.
However if the hunk contains something like below, then we will assume
that a comment was open.  Update this heuristic to see if the comment edge
is obviously within double quotes and ignore it if so:

	foo(" */);

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06 15:59:15 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 8e761b04a3 checkpatch: detect multiple bitfield declarations
Detect the colons (:) which make up secondary bitfield declarations and
apply binary colon checks.  For example the following is common idiom:

	int foo:1,
	    bar:1;

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06 15:59:15 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 5fe3af119b checkpatch: __weak is an official attribute
Add __weak as an official attribute.  This tends to be used in a location
where the automated attribute detector misses it.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06 15:59:15 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 383099fd63 checkpatch: structure member assignments are not complex
Ensure we do not trigger the complex macros checks on structure member
assignment, for example:

	#define foo .bar = 10

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06 15:59:15 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 83242e0c23 checkpatch: widen implied comment detection to allow multiple stars
Some people use double star '**' as a comment continuation, and start
comments with complete lines of stars.  Widen the implied comment
detection to pick these up.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06 15:59:15 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 721c1cb60e checkpatch: comment detection may miss an implied comment on the last hunk
When detecting implied comments from leading stars we may incorrectly
think we have detected an edge one way or the other when we have not if we
drop off the end of the last hunk.  Fix this up.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06 15:59:15 -08:00
Andy Whitcroft 691d77b6b8 checkpatch: add checks for in_atomic()
in_atomic() is not for driver use so report any such use as an ERROR.
Also in_atomic() is often used to determine if we may sleep, but it is not
reliable in this use model therefore strongly discourage its use.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2009-01-06 15:59:15 -08:00