linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: stop worrying about include/asm/

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Date:   Tue, 20 Dec 2016 20:09:47 +0100
From:   Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
To:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: stop worrying about include/asm/

include/asm/ got removed in v1.1.45. Two decades later it's about time
to stop worrying whether patches still touch it.

Signed-off-by: Paul Bolle <pebolle@...cali.nl>
---
Lightly tested.

 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 -----
 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a8368d1c4348..4975f251ba80 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2333,11 +2333,6 @@ sub process {
 				WARN("PATCH_PREFIX",
 				     "patch prefix '$p1_prefix' exists, appears to be a -p0 patch\n");
 			}
-
-			if ($realfile =~ m@...clude/asm/@) {
-				ERROR("MODIFIED_INCLUDE_ASM",
-				      "do not modify files in include/asm, change architecture specific files in include/asm-<architecture>\n" . "$here$rawline\n");
-			}
 			$found_file = 1;
 		}
 
-- 
2.7.4