linux-kernel - Re: [checkpatch]

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Message-ID: <1371012507.2069.4.camel@joe-AO722>
Date:	Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:48:27 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Sören Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@...inx.com>
Cc:	PINTU KUMAR <pintu_agarwal@...oo.com>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
	anish singh <anish198519851985@...il.com>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [checkpatch] - Confusion

On Tue, 2013-06-11 at 21:15 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:

> > 	typedef struct ctl_table ctl_table; (include/linux/sysctl.h)
> > is not correctly picked up by checkpatch.
> 
> checkpatch isn't a c compiler.
> It assumes any <foo>_t is a typedef.
> 
> > So, I assume this actually is a false positive.
> 
> Yup.

Another option is to use "struct ctl_table" instead of bare ctl_table.


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