From a3340b35787975414d5f6fee83e00640688be2cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:03:07 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] 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>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 92d13710ff52..15a590425129 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1886,11 +1886,11 @@ sub process {
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.
--
2.20.1