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authorChris Metcalf <[email protected]>2011-08-02 16:14:02 -0400
committerChris Metcalf <[email protected]>2011-08-02 16:14:02 -0400
commit3d071cd313643cf82b1ce1ce4fdf08d63ad53964 (patch)
tree874c1683f32f07614aa123f6ca5cf6c2bd443704 /scripts/checkpatch.pl
parentcf8e98d15361f8c594da00a3f7a500787fc1a426 (diff)
parent02f8c6aee8df3cdc935e9bdd4f2d020306035dbe (diff)
Merge tag 'v3.0' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6 into for-linus
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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 8657f99bfb2b..b0aa2c680593 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1943,6 +1943,11 @@ sub process {
WARN("LINUX_VERSION_CODE should be avoided, code should be for the version to which it is merged\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# check for uses of printk_ratelimit
+ if ($line =~ /\bprintk_ratelimit\s*\(/) {
+ WARN("Prefer printk_ratelimited or pr_<level>_ratelimited to printk_ratelimit\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# printk should use KERN_* levels. Note that follow on printk's on the
# same line do not need a level, so we use the current block context
# to try and find and validate the current printk. In summary the current