[PATCH v2] checkpatch: mention fsleep() in MSLEEP and USLEEP_RANGE warnings

From: Neel Bullywon

Date: Fri Feb 20 2026 - 18:06:21 EST


Expand the MSLEEP warning to also reference fsleep() alongside
msleep(), and expand the USLEEP_RANGE check to reference fsleep()
alongside usleep_range() and udelay(). fsleep() autoselects the
best sleep mechanism based on duration, making it a useful
alternative for developers to consider.

Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Neel Bullywon <neelb2403@xxxxxxxxx>
---
Changes in v2:
- Keep existing warning text and expand to mention fsleep() instead
of replacing the msleep() reference (Andy).
- Also update the USLEEP_RANGE check to mention fsleep() (Andy).

scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index c0250244cf7a..03c070bfa0a4 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6624,7 +6624,7 @@ sub process {
# ignore udelay's < 10, however
if (! ($delay < 10) ) {
CHK("USLEEP_RANGE",
- "usleep_range is preferred over udelay; see function description of usleep_range() and udelay().\n" . $herecurr);
+ "usleep_range is preferred over udelay; see function description of usleep_range(), udelay(), and fsleep().\n" . $herecurr);
}
if ($delay > 2000) {
WARN("LONG_UDELAY",
@@ -6636,7 +6636,7 @@ sub process {
if ($line =~ /\bmsleep\s*\((\d+)\);/) {
if ($1 < 20) {
WARN("MSLEEP",
- "msleep < 20ms can sleep for up to 20ms; see function description of msleep().\n" . $herecurr);
+ "msleep < 20ms can sleep for up to 20ms; see function description of msleep() and fsleep().\n" . $herecurr);
}
}


base-commit: e7aa57247700733e52a8e2e4dee6a52c2a76de02
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2.44.0