checkpatch: don't warn about colon termination in linker scripts
authorChris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 01:22:04 +0000 (17:22 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 26 Feb 2021 17:41:04 +0000 (09:41 -0800)
commit263afd39c06f5939ef943e0d535380d4b8e56484
tree01db01d9ad96f5b964d79c6ee7e8527d85783d75
parent58f02267f04a79a5ef13dfbcf30f5ae080389f87
checkpatch: don't warn about colon termination in linker scripts

This check erroneously flags cases like the one in my recent printk
enumeration patch[0], where the spaces are syntactic, and `section:' vs.
`section :' is syntactically important:

    ERROR: space prohibited before that ':' (ctx:WxW)
    #258: FILE: include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h:314:
    +       .printk_fmts : AT(ADDR(.printk_fmts) - LOAD_OFFSET) {

0: https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1375749/

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YBwhqsc2TIVeid3t@chrisdown.name
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YB6UsjCOy1qrrlSD@chrisdown.name
Signed-off-by: Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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