On Tue, 2016-12-20 at 20:09 +0100, Paul Bolle wrote: > 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 <pebo...@tiscali.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@^include/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; > }
I wonder what Andy really intended with commit It seems wrong. commit c1ab33269a84d6056d2ffc728d8bbaa26377d3e3 Author: Andy Whitcroft <a...@shadowen.org> Date: Wed Oct 15 22:02:20 2008 -0700 checkpatch: include/asm checks should be anchored It is possible to have other include/asm paths within the tree which are not subject to the do not edit checks. Ignore those. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <a...@shadowen.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <a...@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 482768cd5790..0e5af8ed107e 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1134,7 +1134,7 @@ sub process { $realfile = $1; $realfile =~ s@^[^/]*/@@; - if ($realfile =~ m@include/asm/@) { + if ($realfile =~ m@^include/asm/@) { ERROR("do not modify files in include/asm, change architecture specific files in include/asm-<architecture>\n" . "$here$rawline\n"); }