Re: checkpatch, a patch checking script.

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 > Use WARN_ON & Recovery code rather than BUG() and BUG_ON()
 > 23286:+ BUILD_BUG_ON(BCM43xx_SEC_KEYSIZE < ETH_ALEN);

BTW, I missed this before -- BUILD_BUG_ON() is actually far better
than WARN_ON(), I think.

Maybe something like this?  (Although someone who knows perl probably
has a better way)

---
Don't tell people to change BUILD_BUG_ON() to WARN_ON().

Signed-off-by: Roland Dreier <[email protected]>

--- checkpatch.pl.orig	2007-04-27 20:30:34.000000000 -0700
+++ checkpatch.pl	2007-04-27 22:54:42.000000000 -0700
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 	$warnings += search(qr/kernel_thread\(/, "Use kthread abstraction instead of kernel_thread()\n");
 	$warnings += search(qr/typedef/, "Do not add new typedefs.\n");
 	$warnings += search(qr/uint32_t/, "Incorrect type usage for kernel code. Use __u32 etc.\n");
-	$warnings += search(qr/BUG(_ON)\(/, "Use WARN_ON & Recovery code rather than BUG() and BUG_ON()\n");
+	$warnings += search(qr/(?<!BUILD_)BUG(_ON)\(/, "Use WARN_ON & Recovery code rather than BUG() and BUG_ON()\n");
 
 	# pedantic: Noisy regexps that aren't really fatal.
 	if ($opt_pedantic) {
-
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