[PATCH v3 10/16] checkpatch: Remove links to outdated documentation

From: Anna-Maria Behnsen
Date: Mon Oct 14 2024 - 04:24:52 EST


checkpatch.pl checks for several things related to sleep and delay
functions. In all warnings the outdated documentation is referenced. Also
in checkpatch kernel documentation the outdated documentation is
referenced.

Replace the links to the outdated documentation with links to the function
description.

Note: Update of the outdated checkpatch checks is done in a second step.

Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
v3: new in v3, replace only the links to the outdated documentation
---
Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst | 2 --
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 10 +++++-----
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
index a9fac978a525..abb3ff682076 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst
@@ -470,8 +470,6 @@ API usage
usleep_range() should be preferred over udelay(). The proper way of
using usleep_range() is mentioned in the kernel docs.

- See: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/timers/timers-howto.html#delays-information-on-the-various-kernel-delay-sleep-mechanisms
-

Comments
--------
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 4427572b2477..98790fe5115d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6597,11 +6597,11 @@ sub process {
# ignore udelay's < 10, however
if (! ($delay < 10) ) {
CHK("USLEEP_RANGE",
- "usleep_range is preferred over udelay; see Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst\n" . $herecurr);
+ "usleep_range is preferred over udelay; see function description of usleep_range() and udelay().\n" . $herecurr);
}
if ($delay > 2000) {
WARN("LONG_UDELAY",
- "long udelay - prefer mdelay; see arch/arm/include/asm/delay.h\n" . $herecurr);
+ "long udelay - prefer mdelay; see function description of mdelay().\n" . $herecurr);
}
}

@@ -6609,7 +6609,7 @@ sub process {
if ($line =~ /\bmsleep\s*\((\d+)\);/) {
if ($1 < 20) {
WARN("MSLEEP",
- "msleep < 20ms can sleep for up to 20ms; see Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst\n" . $herecurr);
+ "msleep < 20ms can sleep for up to 20ms; see function description of msleep().\n" . $herecurr);
}
}

@@ -7077,11 +7077,11 @@ sub process {
my $max = $7;
if ($min eq $max) {
WARN("USLEEP_RANGE",
- "usleep_range should not use min == max args; see Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst\n" . "$here\n$stat\n");
+ "usleep_range should not use min == max args; see function description of usleep_range().\n" . "$here\n$stat\n");
} elsif ($min =~ /^\d+$/ && $max =~ /^\d+$/ &&
$min > $max) {
WARN("USLEEP_RANGE",
- "usleep_range args reversed, use min then max; see Documentation/timers/timers-howto.rst\n" . "$here\n$stat\n");
+ "usleep_range args reversed, use min then max; see function description of usleep_range().\n" . "$here\n$stat\n");
}
}


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