[PATCH] checkpatch: Add warnings for use of mdelay()

[Prakruthi Deepak Heragu]

mdelay() is not a preferred API to be used to insert delay in the kernel
code unless the context is atomic. Instead, msleep() API can be used.
This patch introduces this warning.

Signed-off-by: Israel Schlesinger <israels@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Prakruthi Deepak Heragu <pheragu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a9c0550..14bba3f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5572,6 +5572,12 @@ sub process {
 			     "Comparing get_jiffies_64() is almost always wrong; prefer time_after64, time_before64 and friends\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# check the patch for use of mdelay
+		if ($line =~ /\bmdelay\s*\(/) {
+			WARN("MDELAY",
+			     "use of mdelay() found: msleep() is the preferred API.\n" . $herecurr );
+		}
+
 # warn about #ifdefs in C files
 #		if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if(|n)def/ && ($realfile =~ /\.c$/)) {
 #			print "#ifdef in C files should be avoided\n";
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