checkpatch: Disable warning for externs in C files

We do actually need these, at least for compat.c.

Also disable git commit id warnings, these are doing
more harm than good (for example trigger long line
warnings when fulfilled).

Signed-off-by: Bernd Schubert <bernd@bsbernd.com>

diff --git a/.github/workflows/checkpatch.yml b/.github/workflows/checkpatch.yml
index 3f0eb9f0776e921269da688c771ec3dccef90e99..91db8f2e37fb39dafedc12055ecfc4fbb5f8e14a 100644 (file)
--- a/.github/workflows/checkpatch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checkpatch.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ jobs:
         git rev-list --reverse $base_commit..HEAD | while read commit; do
           subject=$(git log -1 --format=%s $commit)
           echo "Checking commit: $commit - $subject"
-          if ! ./checkpatch.pl --no-tree --ignore MAINTAINERS,SPDX_LICENSE_TAG,COMMIT_MESSAGE,FILE_PATH_CHANGES,EMAIL_SUBJECT -g $commit; then
+          if ! ./checkpatch.pl --no-tree --ignore MAINTAINERS,SPDX_LICENSE_TAG,COMMIT_MESSAGE,FILE_PATH_CHANGES,EMAIL_SUBJECT,AVOID_EXTERNS,GIT_COMMIT_ID -g $commit; then
             echo "checkpatch.pl found issues in commit $commit - $subject"
             exit 1
           fi