checkpatch: types cannot start mid word for pointer tests
authorAndy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 04:29:12 +0000 (21:29 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:47:26 +0000 (10:47 -0700)
When checking spacing for pointer checks the type cannot start in the
middle of a word, ie. this is not 'int * bar':

x = fooint * bar;

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
scripts/checkpatch.pl

index 96a762be57484c71ea4d4f13ae76f1614bb313d5..022ee557b681fa565296124af989c321c14a93d5 100755 (executable)
@@ -1435,11 +1435,11 @@ sub process {
                        ERROR("\"(foo $1 )\" should be \"(foo $1)\"\n" .
                                $herecurr);
 
-               } elsif ($line =~ m{$NonptrType(\*+)(?:\s+(?:$Attribute|$Sparse))?\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+}) {
+               } elsif ($line =~ m{\b$NonptrType(\*+)(?:\s+(?:$Attribute|$Sparse))?\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+}) {
                        ERROR("\"foo$1 bar\" should be \"foo $1bar\"\n" .
                                $herecurr);
 
-               } elsif ($line =~ m{$NonptrType\s+(\*+)(?!\s+(?:$Attribute|$Sparse))\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+}) {
+               } elsif ($line =~ m{\b$NonptrType\s+(\*+)(?!\s+(?:$Attribute|$Sparse))\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+}) {
                        ERROR("\"foo $1 bar\" should be \"foo $1bar\"\n" .
                                $herecurr);
                }