[x86] is checkpatch.pl broken

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Hi list,

by doing cleanup of arch/x86/boot/*.[ch] i found that
checkpatch does ignore obvious things. For example,
run it over edd.c showed only one warning:

---
cyrill@cvg linux-2.6.git $ scripts/checkpatch.pl --file arch/x86/boot/edd.c 
WARNING: externs should be avoided in .c files
#45: FILE: x86/boot/edd.c:45:
+       extern char _end[];

total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 167 lines checked

Your patch has style problems, please review.  If any of these errors
are false positives report them to the maintainer, see
CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
---

but on line 53 we have:

mbr_base = (buf_base+sector_size-1) & ~(sector_size-1);

so checkpatch should at least worn me about missed space
btw math operators. Am I wrong?


--
BTW, is there someone who is already involved in a such
cleanup to eliminate double effort?

			- Cyrill -

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