linux-kernel - Checkpatch.pl generates false alarm

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Date:	Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:48:49 +0200
From:	"Roland Vossen" <rvossen@...adcom.com>
To:	apw@...onical.com
cc:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Checkpatch.pl generates false alarm

Hello Andy,

when I feed attached file to checkpatch, several warnings are given, but 
this one:

WARNING: externs should be avoided in .c files
#3555: FILE: staging/brcm80211/brcmsmac/main.c:3555:
+       END_FOREACH_BSS

does not seem to make sense. When I place a comment behind the 
END_FOREACH_BSS line, the checkpatch warning disappears.

Let me know if you need additional info to work on this.

Thanks,

Roland Vossen
Broadcom


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