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    update checkpatch.pl to version 0.03 · 4a0df2ef
    Andy Whitcroft authored
    
    
    This version brings a host of changes to cure false positives and
    bugs detected on patches submitted to lkml and -mm.  It also brings
    a number of new tests in response to reviews, of particular note:
    
      - catch use of volatile
      - allow deprecated functions to be listed in feature-removal-schedule.txt
      - warn about #ifdef's in c files
      - check that spinlock_t and struct mutex use is commented
      - report on architecture specific defines being used
      - report memory barriers without an associated comment
    
    Full changelog:
    
          catch use of volatile
          convert other quoted string checks to common routine
          alloc deprecated functions to be listed in feature-removal-schedule.txt
          split out the line length and indent for each line
          improve switch block handling
          handle GNU diff context lines with no leading space
          warn about #ifdef's in c files
          tidy up tests for signed-off-by using raw mode
          check that spinlock_t and struct mutex use is commented
          syntax checks for open brace placement may drop off the bottom of hunk
          report memory barriers without an associated comment
          when a sign off is present but ugly do not report it missing
          do not mistake bitfield definitions for indented labels
          report on architecture specific defines being used
          major update to the operator checks
          prevent switch/if/while etc matching foo_switch
          generify assignement in condition error message
          introduce an operator context marker
          Version: 0.03
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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