Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] checkpatch: Add more user space directories to is_userspace()

[Petr Vorel]

> On Wed, 2026-05-20 at 12:08 +0200, Petr Vorel wrote:
> > arch/*/tools/ and arch/*/boot/tools/ are directories containing user
> > space tools. This helps not only to strscpy checks but also to CamelCase
> > checks in the next commit to be more precise.
> []
> > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> []
> > @@ -2669,7 +2669,10 @@ sub exclude_global_initialisers {

> >  sub is_userspace {
> >      my ($realfile) = @_;
> > -    return ($realfile =~ m@^tools/@ || $realfile =~ m@^scripts/@);
> > +    return ($realfile =~ m@^tools/@ ||
> > +		$realfile =~ m@^scripts/@ ||
> > +		$realfile =~ m@^arch/[^/]+/tools/@ ||
> > +		$realfile =~ m@^arch/[^/]+/boot/tools/@);

> Perhaps a more generic test like

> 	m@^arch/.*\btools\b@

Sure, I'll add it in the next version.

Kind regards,
Petr