[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: disable arch-specific test for linux-user

[riku.voipio@linaro.org]

From: Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@linaro.org>

Linux-user and bsd-user code needs lots of arch-specific ifdefs,
so disable the warning.

Signed-off-by: Riku Voipio <riku.voipio@linaro.org>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index dde3f5f..98a007f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2405,8 +2405,9 @@ sub process {
 		}
 # check of hardware specific defines
 # we have e.g. CONFIG_LINUX and CONFIG_WIN32 for common cases
-# where they might be necessary.
-		if ($line =~ m@^.\s*\#\s*if.*\b__@) {
+# where they might be necessary. Skip test on linux-user and bsd-user
+# where arch defines are needed
+		if (!($realfile =~ /^(linux|bsd)-user/) &&  $line =~ m@^.\s*\#\s*if.*\b__@) {
 			ERROR("architecture specific defines should be avoided\n" .  $herecurr);
 		}
 
-- 
2.1.4