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 <tomas.winkler@intel.com>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Tomas Winkler 2016-12-12 16:46:34 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 11ca40a0f8
commit fd39f904b1
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@ -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/) {