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SubjectRe: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Warn on pr_<level> or dev_<level> with KERN_<level>

* Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 2009-12-09 at 07:05 +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> > ( Andy: i suspect checkpatch could also grow a new warning perhaps, the
> > '\<pr_.*(KERN_.*' pattern will i suspect pinpoint something fishy in
> > most cases. )
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
> ---
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index bc4114f..ffd8210 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -1832,6 +1832,12 @@ sub process {
> }
> }
>
> +# pr_<level> and dev_<level> should not use KERN_* levels
> +
> + if ($line =~ /\b(pr_|dev_)[a-z]+.*KERN_/) {

putting \( into the pattern would further reduce the chance of false
positives.

Ingo


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