[Acked] [PATCH V2] checkpatch: Make types found in a source file/patch local

2015-05-19 Thread Andy Whitcroft
On Mon, May 18, 2015 at 05:22:25PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > From: Alex Dowad > > checkpatch uses various cues in its input patches and files to discover the > names of user-defined types and modifiers. It then uses that information when > processing expressions to discover potential style issu

[PATCH V2] checkpatch: Make types found in a source file/patch local

2015-05-18 Thread Joe Perches
From: Alex Dowad checkpatch uses various cues in its input patches and files to discover the names of user-defined types and modifiers. It then uses that information when processing expressions to discover potential style issues. Unfortunately, in rare cases, this means that checkpatch may give