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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-03-09 09:56:17 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2019-03-09 09:56:17 -0800
commit1a29e857507046e413ca7a4a7c9cd32fed9ea255 (patch)
tree5a46d9c4dcab39fc588a9ac2c9f5e4c866d41254 /scripts/checkpatch.pl
parentc4703acd6d4a58dc4b31ad2a8f8b14becb898d25 (diff)
parent4064174becc09a5a2385a27c8a6fd40888b0e13c (diff)
downloadlinux-1a29e857507046e413ca7a4a7c9cd32fed9ea255.tar.gz
Merge tag 'docs-5.1' of git://git.lwn.net/linux
Pull documentation updates from Jonathan Corbet:
 "A fairly routine cycle for docs - lots of typo fixes, some new
  documents, and more translations. There's also some LICENSES
  adjustments from Thomas"

* tag 'docs-5.1' of git://git.lwn.net/linux: (74 commits)
  docs: Bring some order to filesystem documentation
  Documentation/locking/lockdep: Drop last two chars of sample states
  doc: rcu: Suspicious RCU usage is a warning
  docs: driver-api: iio: fix errors in documentation
  Documentation/process/howto: Update for 4.x -> 5.x versioning
  docs: Explicitly state that the 'Fixes:' tag shouldn't split lines
  doc: security: Add kern-doc for lsm_hooks.h
  doc: sctp: Merge and clean up rst files
  Docs: Correct /proc/stat path
  scripts/spdxcheck.py: fix C++ comment style detection
  doc: fix typos in license-rules.rst
  Documentation: fix admin-guide/README.rst minimum gcc version requirement
  doc: process: complete removal of info about -git patches
  doc: translations: sync translations 'remove info about -git patches'
  perf-security: wrap paragraphs on 72 columns
  perf-security: elaborate on perf_events/Perf privileged users
  perf-security: document collected perf_events/Perf data categories
  perf-security: document perf_events/Perf resource control
  sysfs.txt: add note on available attribute macros
  docs: kernel-doc: typo "if ... if" -> "if ... is"
  ...
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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 8d8d26b5cbbd..5b756278df13 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6396,19 +6396,6 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
-# check for bool bitfields
-		if ($sline =~ /^.\s+bool\s*$Ident\s*:\s*\d+\s*;/) {
-			WARN("BOOL_BITFIELD",
-			     "Avoid using bool as bitfield.  Prefer bool bitfields as unsigned int or u<8|16|32>\n" . $herecurr);
-		}
-
-# check for bool use in .h files
-		if ($realfile =~ /\.h$/ &&
-		    $sline =~ /^.\s+bool\s*$Ident\s*(?::\s*d+\s*)?;/) {
-			CHK("BOOL_MEMBER",
-			    "Avoid using bool structure members because of possible alignment issues - see: https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/11/21/384\n" . $herecurr);
-		}
-
 # check for semaphores initialized locked
 		if ($line =~ /^.\s*sema_init.+,\W?0\W?\)/) {
 			WARN("CONSIDER_COMPLETION",