checkpatch: a modifier is not an identifier at the end of a type
We must make sure we do not misrecognise a modifier as an Identifier
when trying to match types. Prevent us matching this:
void * __ref
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 15a5904..b9e9ee1 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1686,8 +1686,8 @@
# Modifiers should have spaces.
$to =~ s/(\b$Modifier$)/$1 /;
- #print "from<$from> to<$to>\n";
- if ($from ne $to) {
+ #print "from<$from> to<$to> ident<$ident>\n";
+ if ($from ne $to && $ident !~ /^$Modifier$/) {
ERROR("\"foo${from}bar\" should be \"foo${to}bar\"\n" . $herecurr);
}
}