checkpatch's $Type variable does not match declarations of multiple const * types.
This can produce false positives for things like: $ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h WARNING: Missing a blank line after declarations #60: FILE: drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h:60: + const struct comedi_lrange *range_table; + const struct comedi_lrange *const *range_table_list; Fix the $Type variable to support matching multiple "* const" uses. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]> Reported-by: Hartley Sweeten <[email protected]> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 6c7cbaf..f7ae70a 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ sub build_types { }x; $Type = qr{ $NonptrType - (?:(?:\s|\*|\[\])+\s*const|(?:\s|\*|\[\])+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+)? + (?:(?:\s|\*|\[\])+\s*const|(?:\s|\*\s*(?:const\s*)?|\[\])+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+)? (?:\s+$Inline|\s+$Modifier)* }x; $Declare = qr{(?:$Storage\s+(?:$Inline\s+)?)?$Type}; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
