linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/4] Checkpatch: prefer usleep

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Date:	Mon,  2 Aug 2010 15:01:06 -0700
From:	Patrick Pannuto <ppannuto@...eaurora.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	ppannuto@...eaurora.org, apw@...onical.com, corbet@....net,
	arjan@...ux.intel.com, linux-arm-msm@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] Checkpatch: prefer usleep_range over udelay

When possible, sleeping is (usually) better than delaying;
however, don't bother callers of udelay < 10us, as those
cases are generally not worth the switch to usleep

Signed-off-by: Patrick Pannuto <ppannuto@...eaurora.org>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    8 ++++++++
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index bd88f11..1698c63 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2570,6 +2570,14 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+# prefer usleep_range over udelay
+		if (($line =~ /\budelay\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*\)/ {
+			# ignore udelay's < 10, however
+			if (! (($1 =~ /(\d+)/) && ($1 < 10)) ) {
+				CHK("usleep_range is preferred over udelay; see Documentation/timers/timers-howto.txt\n" . $line);
+			}
+		}
+
 # warn about #ifdefs in C files
 #		if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if(|n)def/ && ($realfile =~ /\.c$/)) {
 #			print "#ifdef in C files should be avoided\n";
-- 
1.7.2

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