From fd39f904b17686df0f409e880af1ccfa2fe4ae1a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tomas Winkler Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 16:46:34 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: don't check c99 types like uint8_t under tools Tools contains user space code so uintX_t types are just fine. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1479286379-853-1-git-send-email-tomas.winkler@intel.com Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler Acked-by: Joe Perches Cc: Andy Whitcroft Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index cf95d3ae0754..7997300d5d30 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -5560,8 +5560,9 @@ sub process { "Using weak declarations can have unintended link defects\n" . $herecurr); } -# check for c99 types like uint8_t used outside of uapi/ +# check for c99 types like uint8_t used outside of uapi/ and tools/ if ($realfile !~ m@\binclude/uapi/@ && + $realfile !~ m@\btools/@ && $line =~ /\b($Declare)\s*$Ident\s*[=;,\[]/) { my $type = $1; if ($type =~ /\b($typeC99Typedefs)\b/) { -- 2.20.1