From 463f28648586721c2191130c9b3c27589dcc11a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Whitcroft Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:04:34 -0700 Subject: checkpatch: possible types -- else cannot start a type An else cannot start a type, it would have to be within a block after the else. This can trigger false modifier matching. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 2d5ece798c4..fd648164925 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1372,6 +1372,8 @@ sub process { # Ignore functions being called } elsif ($s =~ /^.\s*$Ident\s*\(/s) { + } elsif ($s =~ /^.\s*else\b/s) { + # declarations always start with types } elsif ($prev_values eq 'E' && $s =~ /^.\s*(?:$Storage\s+)?(?:$Inline\s+)?(?:const\s+)?((?:\s*$Ident)+?)\b(?:\s+$Sparse)?\s*\**\s*(?:$Ident|\(\*[^\)]*\))(?:\s*$Modifier)?\s*(?:;|=|,|\()/s) { my $type = $1; -- cgit v1.2.3-18-g5258