From 6d57af0a1f6a79a8c6ae7a6e9f6608639066c010 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:07:19 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: warn on comparisons to jiffies Comparing jiffies is almost always wrong and time_before and time_after should be used instead. Warn on any comparison to jiffies. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 576139a508a3..c274e1dc1e67 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3299,6 +3299,12 @@ sub process { } } +# check for comparisons of jiffies + if ($line =~ /\bjiffies\s*$Compare|$Compare\s*jiffies\b/) { + WARN("JIFFIES_COMPARISON", + "Comparing jiffies is almost always wrong; prefer time_after, time_before and friends\n" . $herecurr); + } + # warn about #ifdefs in C files # if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if(|n)def/ && ($realfile =~ /\.c$/)) { # print "#ifdef in C files should be avoided\n"; -- 2.39.5