checkpatch: pointer type star may have modifiers following
We may have any modifier following a pointer type star. Handle this:
void * __user * __user foo;
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 92d1371..15a5904 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1886,11 +1886,11 @@
if ($ctx !~ /[WEBC]x./ && $ca !~ /(?:\)|!|~|\*|-|\&|\||\+\+|\-\-|\{)$/) {
ERROR("space required before that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr);
}
- if ($op eq '*' && $cc =~/\s*const\b/) {
+ if ($op eq '*' && $cc =~/\s*$Modifier\b/) {
# A unary '*' may be const
} elsif ($ctx =~ /.xW/) {
- ERROR("space prohibited after that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr);
+ ERROR("Aspace prohibited after that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr);
}
# unary ++ and unary -- are allowed no space on one side.