checkpatch: allow simple character constants in #defines
authorAndy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:02:17 +0000 (15:02 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Fri, 23 Mar 2012 23:58:36 +0000 (16:58 -0700)
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
scripts/checkpatch.pl

index 061c28e7bcfa201a9cfd6e69dc7d29bb50c98a4b..95ba30a24dcf019ac0632540fdf1abe6e64d8d04 100755 (executable)
@@ -2911,6 +2911,7 @@ sub process {
                            $dstat !~ /^(?:$Ident|-?$Constant),$/ &&                    # 10, // foo(),
                            $dstat !~ /^(?:$Ident|-?$Constant);$/ &&                    # foo();
                            $dstat !~ /^(?:$Ident|-?$Constant)$/ &&                     # 10 // foo()
+                           $dstat !~ /^'X'$/ &&                                        # character constants
                            $dstat !~ /$exceptions/ &&
                            $dstat !~ /^\.$Ident\s*=/ &&                                # .foo =
                            $dstat !~ /^do\s*$Constant\s*while\s*$Constant;?$/ &&       # do {...} while (...); // do {...} while (...)