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authorAlexander Bulekov <alxndr@bu.edu>2023-04-27 17:10:08 -0400
committerThomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>2023-04-28 11:31:54 +0200
commitef56ffbdd6b0605dc1e305611287b948c970e236 (patch)
treefa7dbfd4584f203d6940a2cf25a61cf82482069f /scripts/checkpatch.pl
parent9c86c97f12c060bf7484dd931f38634e166a81f0 (diff)
checkpatch: add qemu_bh_new/aio_bh_new checks
Advise authors to use the _guarded versions of the APIs, instead. Signed-off-by: Alexander Bulekov <alxndr@bu.edu> Reviewed-by: Darren Kenny <darren.kenny@oracle.com> Message-Id: <20230427211013.2994127-4-alxndr@bu.edu> Signed-off-by: Thomas Huth <thuth@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d768171dcf..eeaec436eb 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2865,6 +2865,14 @@ sub process {
if ($line =~ /\bsignal\s*\(/ && !($line =~ /SIG_(?:IGN|DFL)/)) {
ERROR("use sigaction to establish signal handlers; signal is not portable\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# recommend qemu_bh_new_guarded instead of qemu_bh_new
+ if ($realfile =~ /.*\/hw\/.*/ && $line =~ /\bqemu_bh_new\s*\(/) {
+ ERROR("use qemu_bh_new_guarded() instead of qemu_bh_new() to avoid reentrancy problems\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+# recommend aio_bh_new_guarded instead of aio_bh_new
+ if ($realfile =~ /.*\/hw\/.*/ && $line =~ /\baio_bh_new\s*\(/) {
+ ERROR("use aio_bh_new_guarded() instead of aio_bh_new() to avoid reentrancy problems\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
# check for module_init(), use category-specific init macros explicitly please
if ($line =~ /^module_init\s*\(/) {
ERROR("please use block_init(), type_init() etc. instead of module_init()\n" . $herecurr);