From 3d709ab5a1767d422223e84cf5c20f0d33738274 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 2018 10:49:10 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Suggest lockdep instead of asserting
 !spin_is_locked()

This commit points people who might otherwise code up something like
WARN_ON(!spin_is_locked(&mylock)) to lockdep_assert_held(&mylock).

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index dd29e3c28166..377f373db6c0 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6389,6 +6389,12 @@ sub process {
 			     "please use device_initcall() or more appropriate function instead of __initcall() (see include/linux/init.h)\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# check for spin_is_locked(), suggest lockdep instead
+		if ($line =~ /\bspin_is_locked\(/) {
+			WARN("USE_LOCKDEP",
+			     "Where possible, use lockdep_assert_held instead of assertions based on spin_is_locked\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # check for deprecated apis
 		if ($line =~ /\b($deprecated_apis_search)\b\s*\(/) {
 			my $deprecated_api = $1;