checkpatch: types cannot start mid word for pointer tests
When checking spacing for pointer checks the type cannot start in the
middle of a word, ie. this is not 'int * bar':
x = fooint * bar;
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 96a762b..022ee55 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1435,11 +1435,11 @@
ERROR("\"(foo $1 )\" should be \"(foo $1)\"\n" .
$herecurr);
- } elsif ($line =~ m{$NonptrType(\*+)(?:\s+(?:$Attribute|$Sparse))?\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+}) {
+ } elsif ($line =~ m{\b$NonptrType(\*+)(?:\s+(?:$Attribute|$Sparse))?\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+}) {
ERROR("\"foo$1 bar\" should be \"foo $1bar\"\n" .
$herecurr);
- } elsif ($line =~ m{$NonptrType\s+(\*+)(?!\s+(?:$Attribute|$Sparse))\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+}) {
+ } elsif ($line =~ m{\b$NonptrType\s+(\*+)(?!\s+(?:$Attribute|$Sparse))\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+}) {
ERROR("\"foo $1 bar\" should be \"foo $1bar\"\n" .
$herecurr);
}