.checkpatch.conf

--no-tree
--strict
--max-line-length=120
--ignore FILE_PATH_CHANGES
--ignore EMAIL_SUBJECT
--ignore SPLIT_STRING

# NEW_TYPEDEFS reports "do not add new typedefs"
# typedef struct __attribute__((__packed__)) sparse_header {
--ignore NEW_TYPEDEFS

# PREFER_DEFINED_ATTRIBUTE_MACRO reports this kind of messages:
# WARNING: Prefer __packed over __attribute__((__packed__))
--ignore PREFER_DEFINED_ATTRIBUTE_MACRO

# PREFER_KERNEL_TYPES reports this kind of messages (when using --strict):
# "Prefer kernel type 'u32' over 'uint32_t'"
--ignore PREFER_KERNEL_TYPES

# BRACES reports this kind of messages:
# braces {} are not necessary for any arm of this statement
--ignore BRACES

# CAMELCASE reports this kind of messages:
# Avoid CamelCase: <xmlFreeDoc>
--ignore CAMELCASE

# AVOID_EXTERNS reports this kind of messages:
# externs should be avoided in .c files
# extern const char *__progname;
--ignore AVOID_EXTERNS

# COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE reports line lengths > 75 in commit log
# Lets ignore this
--ignore COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE