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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2013-02-21 16:44:13 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-02-21 17:22:26 -0800
commitdc1393130b026908c54d4538abbb5c2badbfabbe (patch)
tree4185d47c7dcf7d2a5c4922fe759e0a203ffb484a /scripts
parent5dc49c75a26b99e86a18441e0b64c1f7c7c6a500 (diff)
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checkpatch: prefer dev_<level>( to dev_printk(KERN_<LEVEL>
Add YA check to printk style. dev_<level> uses are functions and generate smaller object code than dev_printk(KERN_<LEVEL>. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2bb08a962ce3..f9afd075e109 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2430,6 +2430,15 @@ sub process {
"Prefer pr_warn(... to pr_warning(...\n" . $herecurr);
}
+ if ($line =~ /\bdev_printk\s*\(\s*KERN_([A-Z]+)/) {
+ my $orig = $1;
+ my $level = lc($orig);
+ $level = "warn" if ($level eq "warning");
+ $level = "dbg" if ($level eq "debug");
+ WARN("PREFER_DEV_LEVEL",
+ "Prefer dev_$level(... to dev_printk(KERN_$orig, ...\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# function brace can't be on same line, except for #defines of do while,
# or if closed on same line
if (($line=~/$Type\s*$Ident\(.*\).*\s{/) and
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