[PATCH 5/5] Revert "checkpatch: Error out if deprecated RCU API used"

[Joel Fernandes (Google)]

The check for single-argument kfree_rcu() is no longer needed as all
users have been converted.

This reverts commit 1eacac3255495be7502d406e2ba5444fb5c3607c.

Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes (Google) <joel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 9 ---------
 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a9841148cde2..528f619520eb 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6422,15 +6422,6 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
-# check for soon-to-be-deprecated single-argument k[v]free_rcu() API
-		if ($line =~ /\bk[v]?free_rcu\s*\([^(]+\)/) {
-			if ($line =~ /\bk[v]?free_rcu\s*\([^,]+\)/) {
-				ERROR("DEPRECATED_API",
-				      "Single-argument k[v]free_rcu() API is deprecated, please pass rcu_head object or call k[v]free_rcu_mightsleep()." . $herecurr);
-			}
-		}
-
-
 # check for unnecessary "Out of Memory" messages
 		if ($line =~ /^\+.*\b$logFunctions\s*\(/ &&
 		    $prevline =~ /^[ \+]\s*if\s*\(\s*(\!\s*|NULL\s*==\s*)?($Lval)(\s*==\s*NULL\s*)?\s*\)/ &&
-- 
2.41.0.487.g6d72f3e995-goog