devtools: suppress checkpatch warning about strlcpy
authorStephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Mon, 15 Nov 2021 23:26:10 +0000 (15:26 -0800)
committerThomas Monjalon <thomas@monjalon.net>
Fri, 26 Nov 2021 10:17:28 +0000 (11:17 +0100)
Current version of Linux kernel checkpatch now complains about
usages of strlcpy because the Linux kernel prefers strscpy.

WARNING:STRLCPY: Prefer strscpy over strlcpy

But DPDK project allows strlcpy, therefore suppress the warning.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org>
Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>
devtools/checkpatches.sh

index 205b8a5..e2fef76 100755 (executable)
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ options="$options --max-line-length=$length"
 options="$options --show-types"
 options="$options --ignore=LINUX_VERSION_CODE,ENOSYS,\
 FILE_PATH_CHANGES,MAINTAINERS_STYLE,SPDX_LICENSE_TAG,\
-VOLATILE,PREFER_PACKED,PREFER_ALIGNED,PREFER_PRINTF,\
+VOLATILE,PREFER_PACKED,PREFER_ALIGNED,PREFER_PRINTF,STRLCPY,\
 PREFER_KERNEL_TYPES,PREFER_FALLTHROUGH,BIT_MACRO,CONST_STRUCT,\
 SPLIT_STRING,LONG_LINE_STRING,C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE,\
 LINE_SPACING,PARENTHESIS_ALIGNMENT,NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE,\