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SubjectRe: checkpatch.pl: WxV false positive
On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 09:48:34PM -0500, Vivien Didelot wrote:

> In the code below, checkpatch thinks that the asterisk is a
> multiplication, so it is complaining about coding style.
>
> ERROR: need consistent spacing around '*' (ctx:WxV)
> #304: FILE: x86/platform/ts5500/ts5500_adc.c:304:
> + .attrs = (struct attribute *[]) {

C types are the pits. How does the version below handle for you:

http://people.canonical.com/~apw/checkpatch/checkpatch-next.pl

Relative patch below.

-apw

commit f8a73045dcaac70f9be770cca06f21c762a13878
Author: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Date: Sun Jan 29 21:46:04 2012 +0000

checkpatch: add [] to type extensions

Add [] to a type extensions. Fixes false positives on:

.attrs = (struct attribute *[]) {

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d1dd544..64de1bd 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ sub build_types {
}x;
$Type = qr{
$NonptrType
- (?:[\s\*]+\s*const|[\s\*]+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+)?
+ (?:(?:\s|\*|\[\])+\s*const|(?:\s|\*|\[\])+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+)?
(?:\s+$Inline|\s+$Modifier)*
}x;
$Declare = qr{(?:$Storage\s+)?$Type};

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