leandrof/linux
1
0
Fork 0
forked from Minki/linux
Code Issues Pull Requests Packages Projects Releases Wiki Activity

checkpatch: a modifier is not an identifier at the end of a type

Browse Source 
We must make sure we do not misrecognise a modifier as an Identifier
when trying to match types.  Prevent us matching this:

	void * __ref

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>
This commit is contained in:
Andy Whitcroft 2009-02-27 14:03:08 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent a3340b3578
commit 667026e7b0
1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
Show Stats Download Patch File Download Diff File Expand all files Collapse all files

4
scripts/checkpatch.pl
View File

@ -1686,8 +1686,8 @@ sub process {
# Modifiers should have spaces.
$to =~ s/(\b$Modifier$)/$1 /;
#print "from<$from> to<$to>\n";
if ($from ne $to) {
#print "from<$from> to<$to> ident<$ident>\n";
if ($from ne $to && $ident !~ /^$Modifier$/) {
ERROR("\"foo${from}bar\" should be \"foo${to}bar\"\n" . $herecurr);
}
}