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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 9d02d7b58a2..c52470e7120 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3357,6 +3357,12 @@ sub process { $herecurr); } +# filp_open is a backdoor for sys_open + if ($line =~ /\b(filp_open)\b/) { + ERROR("$1 is inappropriate in kernel code.\n" . + $herecurr); + } + # read[bwl] & write[bwl] use too many barriers, use the _relaxed variants if ($line =~ /\b((?:read|write)[bwl])\b/) { ERROR("Use of $1 is deprecated: use $1_relaxed\n\t" . |