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

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

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1479286379-853-1-git-send-email-tomas.winkler@intel.com
Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@intel.com>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index cf95d3ae0754..7997300d5d30 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5560,8 +5560,9 @@ 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/) {