checkpatch: remove 'static const char * const' check
While this check is valid in theory, it generates a plethora
of false positives on ALSA drivers and ends up causing more trouble
than it saves.
Signed-off-by: Gregory Bean <gbean@codeaurora.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 1163275..c96213d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1959,12 +1959,6 @@
$herecurr);
}
-# check for static const char * arrays.
- if ($line =~ /\bstatic\s+const\s+char\s*\*\s*(\w+)\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*/) {
- WARN("static const char * array should probably be static const char * const\n" .
- $herecurr);
- }
-
# check for static char foo[] = "bar" declarations.
if ($line =~ /\bstatic\s+char\s+(\w+)\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*"/) {
WARN("static char array declaration should probably be static const char\n" .