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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2013-09-24 15:27:46 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2013-09-24 17:00:26 -0700
commitd1d85780dd30e137d8ff505c1c2e79eaf729853d (patch)
tree5688d52d88f6a97b7b8ae26afa1f58ac10dd9347 /scripts/checkpatch.pl
parent58f09e00ae095e46ef9edfcf3a5fd9ccdfad065e (diff)
checkpatch: make extern in .h prototypes quieter
The use of extern in .h files is a bit contentious. Make the warning be emitted only when --strict is used on the command line. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl')
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl4
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 47016c304c84..66cad506b8a2 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3975,8 +3975,8 @@ sub string_find_replace {
# check for new externs in .h files.
if ($realfile =~ /\.h$/ &&
$line =~ /^\+\s*(extern\s+)$Type\s*$Ident\s*\(/s) {
- if (WARN("AVOID_EXTERNS",
- "extern prototypes should be avoided in .h files\n" . $herecurr) &&
+ if (CHK("AVOID_EXTERNS",
+ "extern prototypes should be avoided in .h files\n" . $herecurr) &&
$fix) {
$fixed[$linenr - 1] =~ s/(.*)\bextern\b\s*(.*)/$1$2/;
}