[PATCH 1/2] checkpatch: skip fdtdec_* check for tools

Lars Feyaerts lars at bitbiz.be
Mon Oct 2 10:00:13 CEST 2023


Have checkpatch.pl skip warnings for use of fdtdec_* functions in
ooling; livetree isn't used there.

Signed-off-by: Lars Feyaerts <lars at bitbiz.be>
---

 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 62b764f6c38..488d73a0ed7 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2606,8 +2606,8 @@ sub u_boot_line {
 		     "Possible new uclass - make sure to add a sandbox driver, plus a test in test/dm/<name>.c\n" . $herecurr);
 	}
 
-	# try to get people to use the livetree API
-	if ($line =~ /^\+.*fdtdec_/) {
+	# try to get people to use the livetree API, except when changing tooling
+	if ($line =~ /^\+.*fdtdec_/ && $realfile !~ /^tools\//) {
 		WARN("LIVETREE",
 		     "Use the livetree API (dev_read_...)\n" . $herecurr);
 	}
-- 
2.34.1



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