[Qemu-devel] [PATCH 2/2] checkpatch.pl: make C99 comments a warning, not error

[Michael Roth <mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>]

C99 comments are pretty heavilly used in QEMU, and don't violate
anything mentioned in HACKING/CODING_STYLE. Make them warnings instead.

Signed-off-by: Michael Roth <mdroth@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    2 +-
 test.c                |    5 +++++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 test.c

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 770d534..2aab4e9 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1799,7 +1799,7 @@ sub process {
 
 # no C99 // comments
 		if ($line =~ m{//}) {
-			ERROR("do not use C99 // comments\n" . $herecurr);
+			WARN("do not use C99 // comments\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 		# Remove C99 comments.
 		$line =~ s@//.*@@;
diff --git a/test.c b/test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fe3b163
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+//stuff
+static int blah(void)
+{
+    return 1;
+}
-- 
1.7.0.4