checkpatch: don't warn on bitfield spaces around :
This test prevents code from being aligned around the : for easy visual
counting of bitfield lengths.
ie:
int foo : 1,
int bar : 2,
int foobar :29;
should be acceptable so remove the test.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.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 d3dcb37..34eb216 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3138,10 +3138,13 @@
# // is a comment
} elsif ($op eq '//') {
+ # : when part of a bitfield
+ } elsif ($opv eq ':B') {
+ # skip the bitfield test for now
+
# No spaces for:
# ->
- # : when part of a bitfield
- } elsif ($op eq '->' || $opv eq ':B') {
+ } elsif ($op eq '->') {
if ($ctx =~ /Wx.|.xW/) {
if (ERROR("SPACING",
"spaces prohibited around that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr)) {