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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2011-10-31 17:13:10 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-10-31 17:30:57 -0700
commit67d0a0754455f89ef3946946159d8ec9e45ce33a (patch)
tree297c25551f6523bc8284c40642491113e72b350e /scripts
parentfc23af34b00ef444eec088f744983b9ca6c7f5d1 (diff)
kernel.h/checkpatch: mark strict_strto<foo> and simple_strto<foo> as obsolete
Mark obsolete/deprecated strict_strto<foo> and simple_strto<foo> functions and macros as obsolete. Update checkpatch to warn about their use. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 0b3e35c9ef0..5ba679c8cde 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3151,10 +3151,10 @@ sub process {
"consider using a completion\n" . $herecurr);
}
-# recommend kstrto* over simple_strto*
- if ($line =~ /\bsimple_(strto.*?)\s*\(/) {
+# recommend kstrto* over simple_strto* and strict_strto*
+ if ($line =~ /\b((simple|strict)_(strto(l|ll|ul|ull)))\s*\(/) {
WARN("CONSIDER_KSTRTO",
- "consider using kstrto* in preference to simple_$1\n" . $herecurr);
+ "$1 is obsolete, use k$3 instead\n" . $herecurr);
}
# check for __initcall(), use device_initcall() explicitly please
if ($line =~ /^.\s*__initcall\s*\(/) {