checkpatch: Warn about data_race() without comment
Warn about applications of data_race() without a comment, to encourage
documenting the reasoning behind why it was deemed safe.
Suggested-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a63380c..48bb950 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5833,6 +5833,14 @@
}
}
+# check for data_race without a comment.
+ if ($line =~ /\bdata_race\s*\(/) {
+ if (!ctx_has_comment($first_line, $linenr)) {
+ WARN("DATA_RACE",
+ "data_race without comment\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+ }
+
# check for smp_read_barrier_depends and read_barrier_depends
if (!$file && $line =~ /\b(smp_|)read_barrier_depends\s*\(/) {
WARN("READ_BARRIER_DEPENDS",