linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] checkpatch: Don't check for mutex_trylock

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Message-ID: <c2ca4fc47e61a597261509d16510db6c592d1c80.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Wed, 10 Feb 2021 04:40:37 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] checkpatch: Don't check for
 mutex_trylock_recursive()

On Wed, 2021-02-10 at 09:52 +0100, Sebastian Andrzej Siewior wrote:
> mutex_trylock_recursive() has been removed from the tree, there is no
> need to check for it.
> 
> Remove traces of mutex_trylock_recursive()'s existence.

Yay.  Assuming patch 1 is applied, thanks.

> 
> Signed-off-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ------
>  1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 1afe3af1cc097..4b2775fd31d9d 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -7062,12 +7062,6 @@ sub process {
>  			}
>  		}
>  
> 
> -# check for mutex_trylock_recursive usage
> -		if ($line =~ /mutex_trylock_recursive/) {
> -			ERROR("LOCKING",
> -			      "recursive locking is bad, do not use this ever.\n" . $herecurr);
> -		}
> -
>  # check for lockdep_set_novalidate_class
>  		if ($line =~ /^.\s*lockdep_set_novalidate_class\s*\(/ ||
>  		    $line =~ /__lockdep_no_validate__\s*\)/ ) {