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checkpatch: add warning for uses of printk_ratelimit

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Warn about uses of printk_ratelimit() because it uses a global state and
can hide subsequent useful messages.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Joe Perches 2011-06-15 15:08:17 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
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@ -1943,6 +1943,11 @@ sub process {
WARN("LINUX_VERSION_CODE should be avoided, code should be for the version to which it is merged\n" . $herecurr);
}
# check for uses of printk_ratelimit
if ($line =~ /\bprintk_ratelimit\s*\(/) {
WARN("Prefer printk_ratelimited or pr_<level>_ratelimited to printk_ratelimit\n" . $herecurr);
}
# printk should use KERN_* levels. Note that follow on printk's on the
# same line do not need a level, so we use the current block context
# to try and find and validate the current printk. In summary the current