checkpatch: make extern in .h prototypes quieter

The use of extern in .h files is a bit contentious.

Make the warning be emitted only when --strict is used on the command
line.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Git-commit: d1d85780dd30e137d8ff505c1c2e79eaf729853d
Git-repo: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
Signed-off-by: Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@codeaurora.org>

scripts/checkpatch.pl

@@ -3975,8 +3975,8 @@ sub string_find_replace {
 # check for new externs in .h files.
 		if ($realfile =~ /\.h$/ &&
 		    $line =~ /^\+\s*(extern\s+)$Type\s*$Ident\s*\(/s) {
-			if (WARN("AVOID_EXTERNS",
-				 "extern prototypes should be avoided in .h files\n" . $herecurr) &&
+			if (CHK("AVOID_EXTERNS",
+				"extern prototypes should be avoided in .h files\n" . $herecurr) &&
 			    $fix) {
 				$fixed[$linenr - 1] =~ s/(.*)\bextern\b\s*(.*)/$1$2/;
 			}