checkpatch: improve "no space necessary after cast" test
Code like:
if (a < sizeof(<type>) &&
and
{ .len = sizeof(<type>) },
incorrectly emits that warning, so add more exceptions to avoid
the warning.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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 7f1804e..a9baaab 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2541,7 +2541,7 @@
}
}
- if ($line =~ /^\+.*(\w+\s*)?\(\s*$Type\s*\)[ \t]+(?!$Assignment|$Arithmetic|[,;\({\[\<\>])/ &&
+ if ($line =~ /^\+.*(\w+\s*)?\(\s*$Type\s*\)[ \t]+(?!$Assignment|$Arithmetic|[,;:\?\(\{\}\[\<\>]|&&|\|\||\\$)/ &&
(!defined($1) || $1 !~ /sizeof\s*/)) {
if (CHK("SPACING",
"No space is necessary after a cast\n" . $herecurr) &&