Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add check for the buggy while_each_thread()

[Sergey Dyasly <dserrg@gmail.com>]

On Sun, 18 Jan 2015 17:27:33 -0800
Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote:

> On Sun, 2015-01-18 at 17:24 +0300, Sergey Dyasly wrote:
> > Now it's preferable to use for_each_thread() instead of while_each_thread().
> > Add a check to checkpatch.pl in order to prevent any new usages of the buggy
> > while_each_thread() when possible.
> []
> > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> []
> > @@ -3255,6 +3255,12 @@ sub process {
> >  			     "Prefer dev_$level(... to dev_printk(KERN_$orig, ...\n" . $herecurr);
> >  		}
> >  
> > +# Check for the buggy while_each_thread()
> > +		if ($line =~ /\bwhile_each_thread\(/) {
> 
> 	\bwhile_each_thread\s*\(
> or maybe
> 	\bwhile_each_thread\b
> 
> > +			WARN("WHILE_EACH_THREAD",
> > +			     "Prefer to use for_each_thread() instead of the buggy while_each_thread(). See commit 0c740d0afc3bff0a097ad03a1c8df92757516f5c for details.\n" . $herecurr);
> 
> Pretty long commit id, 12 is probably enough.

"\bwhile_each_thread\s*\(" and 12-digit commit id sound reasonable, thanks.
I'll update the patch.

-- 
Sergey Dyasly <dserrg@gmail.com>