The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: don't check c99 types like uint8_t under tools
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
checkpatch-dont-check-c99-types-like-uint8_t-under-tools.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-dont-check-c99-types-like-uint8_t-under-tools.patch
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http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-dont-check-c99-types-like-uint8_t-under-tools.patch
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From: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: 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@xxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-dont-check-c99-types-like-uint8_t-under-tools scripts/checkpatch.pl
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-dont-check-c99-types-like-uint8_t-under-tools
+++ a/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/) {
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from tomas.winkler@xxxxxxxxx are
checkpatch-dont-check-c99-types-like-uint8_t-under-tools.patch
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