[PATCH] checkpatch: don't check c99 types like uint8_t under tools

[Tomas Winkler]

Tools contains user space code so uintX_t types are just fine.

Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.wink...@intel.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a8368d1c4348..42c3221be6eb 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5548,8 +5548,9 @@ sub process {
                              "Using weak declarations can have unintended link 
defects\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 
-# check for c99 types like uint8_t used outside of uapi/
+# check for c99 types like uint8_t used outside of uapi/ and tools/
                if ($realfile !~ m@\binclude/uapi/@ &&
+                   $realfile !~ m@\btools/@ &&
                    $line =~ /\b($Declare)\s*$Ident\s*[=;,\[]/) {
                        my $type = $1;
                        if ($type =~ /\b($typeC99Typedefs)\b/) {
-- 
2.7.4