[PATCH 1/3] checkpatch.pl: add missing memory barriers

From: Michael S. Tsirkin
Date: Mon Jan 04 2016 - 06:37:12 EST


SMP-only barriers were missing in checkpatch.pl

Refactor code slightly to make adding more variants easier.

Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2b3c228..0245bbe 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5116,7 +5116,14 @@ sub process {
}
}
# check for memory barriers without a comment.
- if ($line =~ /\b(mb|rmb|wmb|read_barrier_depends|smp_mb|smp_rmb|smp_wmb|smp_read_barrier_depends)\(/) {
+
+ my @barriers = ('mb', 'rmb', 'wmb', 'read_barrier_depends');
+ my @smp_barriers = ('smp_store_release', 'smp_load_acquire', 'smp_store_mb');
+
+ @smp_barriers = (@smp_barriers, map {"smp_" . $_} @barriers);
+ my $all_barriers = join('|', (@barriers, @smp_barriers));
+
+ if ($line =~ /\b($all_barriers)\(/) {
if (!ctx_has_comment($first_line, $linenr)) {
WARN("MEMORY_BARRIER",
"memory barrier without comment\n" . $herecurr);
--
MST

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