1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 6a3baa0bdde8..6705576198a6 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -339,6 +339,11 @@ our $UTF8	= qr{
         | $NON_ASCII_UTF8
 }x;
 
+our $typeOtherOSTypedefs = qr{(?x:
+        u_(?:char|short|int|long) |          # bsd
+        u(?:nchar|short|int|long)            # sysv
+)};
+
 our $typeTypedefs = qr{(?x:
         (?:__)?(?:u|s|be|le)(?:8|16|32|64)|
         atomic_t
@@ -475,6 +480,7 @@ sub build_types {
                         (?:$Modifier\s+|const\s+)*
                         (?:
                                 (?:typeof|__typeof__)\s*\([^\)]*\)|
+                                (?:$typeOtherOSTypedefs\b)|
                                 (?:$typeTypedefs\b)|
                                 (?:${all}\b)
                         )
@@ -492,6 +498,7 @@ sub build_types {
                         (?:
                                 (?:typeof|__typeof__)\s*\([^\)]*\)|
                                 (?:$typeTypedefs\b)|
+                                (?:$typeOtherOSTypedefs\b)|
                                 (?:${allWithAttr}\b)
                         )
                         (?:\s+$Modifier|\s+const)*
@@ -3159,6 +3166,7 @@ sub process {
                     $line !~ /\btypedef\s+$Type\s*\(\s*\*?$Ident\s*\)\s*\(/ &&
                     $line !~ /\btypedef\s+$Type\s+$Ident\s*\(/ &&
                     $line !~ /\b$typeTypedefs\b/ &&
+                    $line !~ /\b$typeOtherOSTypedefs\b/ &&
                     $line !~ /\b__bitwise(?:__|)\b/) {
                         WARN("NEW_TYPEDEFS",
                              "do not add new typedefs\n" . $herecurr);