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/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <[email protected]> Acked-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
akeromi · Dec 13, 2016 · fd39f90 · fd39f90
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diff --git 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/) {