checkpatch: add warning of future __GFP_NOFAIL use
gfp.h and page_alloc.c already specify that __GFP_NOFAIL is deprecated and
no new users should be added.
Add a warning to checkpatch to catch this.
Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 8efce59..9bb4a421 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4113,6 +4113,12 @@
"$1 uses number as first arg, sizeof is generally wrong\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# check for GFP_NOWAIT use
+ if ($line =~ /\b__GFP_NOFAIL\b/) {
+ WARN("__GFP_NOFAIL",
+ "Use of __GFP_NOFAIL is deprecated, no new users should be added\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# check for multiple semicolons
if ($line =~ /;\s*;\s*$/) {
if (WARN("ONE_SEMICOLON",