checkpatch: labels are not possible types
authorAndy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:02:30 +0000 (22:02 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 18:21:37 +0000 (11:21 -0700)
A label is not a candidate for a possible type.  Exclude them.

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 6b21188d2cf77a29483a6b00bc3b12b306ebeab0..17e1d94fa1fa9dbffcb01059149ac86d4d9711ed 100755 (executable)
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ sub process {
                                possible($type, "A:" . $s);
 
                        # definitions in global scope can only start with types
-                       } elsif ($s =~ /^.(?:$Storage\s+)?(?:$Inline\s+)?(?:const\s+)?($Ident)\b/s) {
+                       } elsif ($s =~ /^.(?:$Storage\s+)?(?:$Inline\s+)?(?:const\s+)?($Ident)\b\s*(?!:)/s) {
                                possible($1, "B:" . $s);
                        }