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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 45eb0ae98eba..c71a0fae84df 100755
--- 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);
}
}