linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: avoid showing BIT

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Date:	Mon, 21 Sep 2015 19:30:46 +0300
From:	Octavian Purdila <octavian.purdila@...el.com>
To:	apw@...onical.com, joe@...ches.com
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Octavian Purdila <octavian.purdila@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: avoid showing BIT_ULL warnings for tools/ files

Directly using shift operations in userspace compiled code should not
trigger warnings as BIT_ULL macros are not available outside the
kernel.

Signed-off-by: Octavian Purdila <octavian.purdila@...el.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 407eb6c..93557bf 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5527,7 +5527,8 @@ sub process {
 		if ($line =~ /#\s*define\s+\w+\s+\(?\s*1\s*([ulUL]*)\s*\<\<\s*(?:\d+|$Ident)\s*\)?/) {
 			my $ull = "";
 			$ull = "_ULL" if (defined($1) && $1 =~ /ll/i);
-			if (CHK("BIT_MACRO",
+			if ($realfile !~ m@\btools/@ &&
+			    CHK("BIT_MACRO",
 				"Prefer using the BIT$ull macro\n" . $herecurr) &&
 			    $fix) {
 				$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\(?\s*1\s*[ulUL]*\s*<<\s*(\d+|$Ident)\s*\)?/BIT${ull}($1)/;
-- 
1.9.1

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