Signed-off-by: Ilya Maximets <i.maxim...@samsung.com>
---
utilities/checkpatch.py | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/utilities/checkpatch.py b/utilities/checkpatch.py
index 441eaa807..ae86937c8 100755
--- a/utilities/checkpatch.py
+++ b/utilities/checkpatch.py
@@ -839,6 +839,11 @@ def ovs_checkpatch_parse(text, filename, author=None,
committer=None):
continue
if current_file.startswith('include/linux'):
continue
+ # "sparse" includes could be copy-pasted from different sources
+ # like DPDK or Linux and could contain workarounds not suitable
+ # for a common style.
+ if current_file.startswith('include/sparse'):
+ continue
run_checks(current_file, cmp_line, lineno)
run_file_checks(text)
--
2.17.1
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