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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 8657f99bfb2..b0aa2c68059 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 |