checkpatch: make in_atomic ok in the core

[sfrench/cifs-2.6.git] / scripts / checkpatch.pl

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);
                        }
                }