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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 21486c04b11c..d1fd466043ef 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3338,6 +3338,12 @@ sub process {
"__func__ should be used instead of gcc specific __FUNCTION__\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# check for use of yield()
+ if ($line =~ /\byield\s*\(\s*\)/) {
+ WARN("YIELD",
+ "Using yield() is generally wrong. See yield() kernel-doc (sched/core.c)\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# check for semaphores initialized locked
if ($line =~ /^.\s*sema_init.+,\W?0\W?\)/) {
WARN("CONSIDER_COMPLETION",