checkpatch: don't warn about colon termination in linker scripts
This check erroneously flags cases like the one in my recent printk enumeration patch[0], where the spaces are syntactic, and `section:' vs. `section :' is syntactically important: ERROR: space prohibited before that ':' (ctx:WxW) #258: FILE: include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h:314: + .printk_fmts : AT(ADDR(.printk_fmts) - LOAD_OFFSET) { 0: https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1375749/ Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YBwhqsc2TIVeid3t@chrisdown.name Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YB6UsjCOy1qrrlSD@chrisdown.nameSigned-off-by: Chris Down <chris@chrisdown.name> Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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