--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-dont-warn-about-colon-termination-in-linker-scripts +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -5044,7 +5044,7 @@ sub process { # A colon needs no spaces before when it is # terminating a case value or a label. } elsif ($opv eq ':C' || $opv eq ':L') { - if ($ctx =~ /Wx./) { + if ($ctx =~ /Wx./ and $realfile !~ m@.*\.lds\.h$@) { if (ERROR("SPACING", "space prohibited before that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr)) { $good = rtrim($fix_elements[$n]) . trim($fix_elements[$n + 1]);