Signed-off-by: Julia Suvorova <jus...@mail.ru>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 1b4b812..6c4fb42 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2584,6 +2584,11 @@ sub process {
ERROR("__func__ should be used instead of gcc specific
__FUNCTION__\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# recommend g_path_get_* over basename(3) and dirname(3)
+ if ($line =~ /\b(basename|dirname)\s*\(/) {
+ WARN("consider using g_path_get_$1 in preference to
$1(3)\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# recommend qemu_strto* over strto* for numeric conversions
if ($line =~ /\b(strto[^kd].*?)\s*\(/) {
ERROR("consider using qemu_$1 in preference to $1\n" .
$herecurr);
--
2.1.4
