[PATCH] checkpatch: do not apply "initialise globals to 0" check to BPF progs

[Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>]

BPF programs explicitly initialise global variables to 0 to make sure
clang (v10 or older) do not put the variables in the common section.
Skip "initialise globals to 0" check for BPF programs to elimiate error
messages like:

    ERROR: do not initialise globals to 0
    #19: FILE: samples/bpf/tracex1_kern.c:21:

Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Song Liu <songliubraving@fb.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 1afe3af1cc097..24d1856187651 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4323,7 +4323,11 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # check for global initialisers.
-		if ($line =~ /^\+$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*\s*=\s*($zero_initializer)\s*;/) {
+# Do not apply to BPF programs (tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/*.c, samples/bpf/*_kern.c, *.bpf.c).
+		if ($line =~ /^\+$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*\s*=\s*($zero_initializer)\s*;/ &&
+		    $realfile !~ /^tools\/testing\/selftests\/bpf\/progs\/.*\.c/ &&
+		    $realfile !~ /^samples\/bpf\/.*_kern.c/ &&
+		    $realfile !~ /.bpf.c$/) {
 			if (ERROR("GLOBAL_INITIALISERS",
 				  "do not initialise globals to $1\n" . $herecurr) &&
 			    $fix) {
-- 
2.24.1