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SubjectRe: [PATCH] checkpatch: add check for the buggy while_each_thread()
On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 17:27:33 -0800
Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2015-01-18 at 17:24 +0300, Sergey Dyasly wrote:
> > Now it's preferable to use for_each_thread() instead of while_each_thread().
> > Add a check to checkpatch.pl in order to prevent any new usages of the buggy
> > while_each_thread() when possible.
> []
> > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> []
> > @@ -3255,6 +3255,12 @@ sub process {
> > "Prefer dev_$level(... to dev_printk(KERN_$orig, ...\n" . $herecurr);
> > }
> >
> > +# Check for the buggy while_each_thread()
> > + if ($line =~ /\bwhile_each_thread\(/) {
>
> \bwhile_each_thread\s*\(
> or maybe
> \bwhile_each_thread\b
>
> > + WARN("WHILE_EACH_THREAD",
> > + "Prefer to use for_each_thread() instead of the buggy while_each_thread(). See commit 0c740d0afc3bff0a097ad03a1c8df92757516f5c for details.\n" . $herecurr);
>
> Pretty long commit id, 12 is probably enough.

"\bwhile_each_thread\s*\(" and 12-digit commit id sound reasonable, thanks.
I'll update the patch.

--
Sergey Dyasly <dserrg@gmail.com>


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