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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e0a674f471ee..f27b0b53e3ea 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3336,6 +3336,12 @@ sub process {
"Avoid line continuations in quoted strings\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# check for struct spinlock declarations
+ if ($line =~ /^.\s*\bstruct\s+spinlock\s+\w+\s*;/) {
+ WARN("USE_SPINLOCK_T",
+ "struct spinlock should be spinlock_t\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# Check for misused memsets
if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
defined $stat &&