checkpatch: warn on comparisons to get_jiffies_64()
Comparing get_jiffies_64() is almost always wrong and time_before64 and
time_after64 should be used instead.
Warn on any comparison to get_jiffies_64().
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>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index c274e1d..f4e247b2 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3305,6 +3305,12 @@
"Comparing jiffies is almost always wrong; prefer time_after, time_before and friends\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# check for comparisons of get_jiffies_64()
+ if ($line =~ /\bget_jiffies_64\s*\(\s*\)\s*$Compare|$Compare\s*get_jiffies_64\s*\(\s*\)/) {
+ WARN("JIFFIES_COMPARISON",
+ "Comparing get_jiffies_64() is almost always wrong; prefer time_after64, time_before64 and friends\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# warn about #ifdefs in C files
# if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if(|n)def/ && ($realfile =~ /\.c$/)) {
# print "#ifdef in C files should be avoided\n";
