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| author | Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> | 2018-02-06 15:39:06 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-02-06 18:32:45 -0800 |
| commit | bd49111f7dd19a645ce85fb24a0ea52d82ca2e3c (patch) | |
| tree | a85ad3e155123a0d68c2ecc1927659144cdeb18c /scripts/checkpatch.pl | |
| parent | a032aa4c4a54c25f204358248db08a0966d3513c (diff) | |
| download | lwn-bd49111f7dd19a645ce85fb24a0ea52d82ca2e3c.tar.gz lwn-bd49111f7dd19a645ce85fb24a0ea52d82ca2e3c.zip | |
checkpatch: avoid some false positives for TABSTOP declaration test
Using an open bracket after what seems to be a declaration can also be a
function definition and declaration argument line continuation so remove
the open bracket from the possible declaration/definition matching.
e.g.:
int foobar(int a;
int *b[]);
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1515704479.9619.171.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Reported-by: Sven Eckelmann <sven@narfation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 |
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 3a7499de2c2d..78e7a310af46 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3020,7 +3020,7 @@ sub process { # check indentation starts on a tab stop if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 && - $sline =~ /^\+\t+( +)(?:$c90_Keywords\b|\{\s*$|\}\s*(?:else\b|while\b|\s*$)|$Declare\s*$Ident\s*[;=\[])/) { + $sline =~ /^\+\t+( +)(?:$c90_Keywords\b|\{\s*$|\}\s*(?:else\b|while\b|\s*$)|$Declare\s*$Ident\s*[;=])/) { my $indent = length($1); if ($indent % 8) { if (WARN("TABSTOP", |