Since commit fe7c36c7bde1 ("Makefile: Build with -Werror=date-time if
the compiler supports it"), use of __DATE__, __TIME__, and __TIMESTAMP__
has not been allowed.As this test is gcc version specific (> 4.9), it hasn't prevented a few new uses from creeping into the kernel sources. Make checkpatch complain about them. Original-patch-by: Rasmus Villemoes <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index f0bb6d6..501c286 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -5089,6 +5089,12 @@ sub process { } } +# check for uses of __DATE__, __TIME__, __TIMESTAMP__ + while ($line =~ /\b(__(?:DATE|TIME|TIMESTAMP)__)\b/g) { + ERROR("DATE_TIME", + "Use of the '$1' macro makes the build non-deterministic\n" . $herecurr); + } + # check for use of yield() if ($line =~ /\byield\s*\(\s*\)/) { WARN("YIELD", -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
