From a3340b35787975414d5f6fee83e00640688be2cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Whitcroft 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 Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 92d1371..15a5904 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. -- 2.7.4