[PATCH] checkpatch: Warn about data_race() without comment

[Marco Elver]

Warn about applications of data_race() without a comment, to encourage
documenting the reasoning behind why it was deemed safe.

Suggested-by: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a63380c6b0d2..48bb9508e300 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5833,6 +5833,14 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+# check for data_race without a comment.
+		if ($line =~ /\bdata_race\s*\(/) {
+			if (!ctx_has_comment($first_line, $linenr)) {
+				WARN("DATA_RACE",
+				     "data_race without comment\n" . $herecurr);
+			}
+		}
+
 # check for smp_read_barrier_depends and read_barrier_depends
 		if (!$file && $line =~ /\b(smp_|)read_barrier_depends\s*\(/) {
 			WARN("READ_BARRIER_DEPENDS",
-- 
2.26.0.rc2.310.g2932bb562d-goog