checkpatch: make in_atomic ok in the core

We say that in_atomic() is ok in the core kernel, but then always report
it regardless of where in the kernel it is.  Keep quiet if it is used in
kernel/*.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 45eb0ae98ebab2c6a771e1d10bfbb10df9231823..c71a0fae84df5a646d3bfb124937204c747035af 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2560,7 +2560,7 @@ sub process {
                if ($line =~ /\bin_atomic\s*\(/) {
                        if ($realfile =~ m@^drivers/@) {
                                ERROR("do not use in_atomic in drivers\n" . $herecurr);
-                       } else {
+                       } elsif ($realfile !~ m@^kernel/@) {
                                WARN("use of in_atomic() is incorrect outside core kernel code\n" . $herecurr);
                        }
                }