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 <rient...@google.com>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9c98100..6667689 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4114,6 +4114,12 @@ sub process {
"$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",
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