checkpatch could not distinguish between a variable in a struct
named jiffies and the normal jiffies.
foo->jiffies
would emit a "Comparing jiffies" arning.
Update the $Compare variable to do a negative look-behind for "-"
when finding a ">" so that a pointer dereference like -> isn't
a comparison.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e7c50977..646295c 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ our $Float_int = qr{(?i)[0-9]+e-?[0-9]+[fl]?};
our $Float = qr{$Float_hex|$Float_dec|$Float_int};
our $Constant = qr{$Float|$Binary|$Octal|$Hex|$Int};
our $Assignment = qr{\*\=|/=|%=|\+=|-=|<<=|>>=|&=|\^=|\|=|=};
-our $Compare = qr{<=|>=|==|!=|<|>};
+our $Compare = qr{<=|>=|==|!=|<|(?<!-)>};
our $Arithmetic = qr{\+|-|\*|\/|%};
our $Operators = qr{
<=|>=|==|!=|
--
1.8.1.2.459.gbcd45b4.dirty
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