checkpatch: Ignore "sparse" headers.
Acked-by: Aaron Conole
@@ -839,6 +839,11 @@ def ovs_checkpatch_parse(text, filename, author=None, committer=None):
continue
if current_file.startswith('include/linux'):
continue
+ # "sparse" includes could be copy-pasted from different sources
+ # like DPDK or Linux and could contain workarounds not suitable
+ # for a common style.
+ if current_file.startswith('include/sparse'):
+ continue
run_checks(current_file, cmp_line, lineno)
run_file_checks(text)
