checkpatch: possible types -- else cannot start a type
An else cannot start a type, it would have to be within a block after the
else. This can trigger false modifier matching.
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.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 2d5ece7..fd64816 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1372,6 +1372,8 @@
# Ignore functions being called
} elsif ($s =~ /^.\s*$Ident\s*\(/s) {
+ } elsif ($s =~ /^.\s*else\b/s) {
+
# declarations always start with types
} elsif ($prev_values eq 'E' && $s =~ /^.\s*(?:$Storage\s+)?(?:$Inline\s+)?(?:const\s+)?((?:\s*$Ident)+?)\b(?:\s+$Sparse)?\s*\**\s*(?:$Ident|\(\*[^\)]*\))(?:\s*$Modifier)?\s*(?:;|=|,|\()/s) {
my $type = $1;