checkpatch: make extern in .h prototypes quieter
The use of extern in .h files is a bit contentious.
Make the warning be emitted only when --strict is used on the command
line.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 47016c3..66cad50 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3975,8 +3975,8 @@
# check for new externs in .h files.
if ($realfile =~ /\.h$/ &&
$line =~ /^\+\s*(extern\s+)$Type\s*$Ident\s*\(/s) {
- if (WARN("AVOID_EXTERNS",
- "extern prototypes should be avoided in .h files\n" . $herecurr) &&
+ if (CHK("AVOID_EXTERNS",
+ "extern prototypes should be avoided in .h files\n" . $herecurr) &&
$fix) {
$fixed[$linenr - 1] =~ s/(.*)\bextern\b\s*(.*)/$1$2/;
}