From d1d85780dd30e137d8ff505c1c2e79eaf729853d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:27:46 -0700 Subject: 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 Cc: David Howells Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++-- 1 file 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/; } -- cgit v1.2.3