checkpatch: warn if trace_printk and friends are called
authorNicolas Boichat <drinkcat@chromium.org>
Fri, 16 Oct 2020 03:12:02 +0000 (20:12 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 16 Oct 2020 18:11:21 +0000 (11:11 -0700)
commit8020b253631286807ca41f176e96e18af14bfb2e
tree8f807021c1a95b45bc0cdbfc83d6a85573941250
parented4761f7804743e73ba2c0c140535a16d07032b6
checkpatch: warn if trace_printk and friends are called

trace_printk is meant as a debugging tool, and should not be compiled into
production code without specific debug Kconfig options enabled, or source
code changes, as indicated by the warning that shows up on boot if any
trace_printk is called:

 **   NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE   **
 **                                                      **
 ** trace_printk() being used. Allocating extra memory.  **
 **                                                      **
 ** This means that this is a DEBUG kernel and it is     **
 ** unsafe for production use.                           **

Let's warn developers when they try to submit such a change.

Signed-off-by: Nicolas Boichat <drinkcat@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200825193600.v2.1.I723c43c155f02f726c97501be77984f1e6bb740a@changeid
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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