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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2018-02-06 18:39:06 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-02-06 21:32:45 -0500
commitbd49111f7dd19a645ce85fb24a0ea52d82ca2e3c (patch)
treea85ad3e155123a0d68c2ecc1927659144cdeb18c /scripts
parenta032aa4c4a54c25f204358248db08a0966d3513c (diff)
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')
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl2
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 {
3020 3020
3021# check indentation starts on a tab stop 3021# check indentation starts on a tab stop
3022 if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 && 3022 if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
3023 $sline =~ /^\+\t+( +)(?:$c90_Keywords\b|\{\s*$|\}\s*(?:else\b|while\b|\s*$)|$Declare\s*$Ident\s*[;=\[])/) { 3023 $sline =~ /^\+\t+( +)(?:$c90_Keywords\b|\{\s*$|\}\s*(?:else\b|while\b|\s*$)|$Declare\s*$Ident\s*[;=])/) {
3024 my $indent = length($1); 3024 my $indent = length($1);
3025 if ($indent % 8) { 3025 if ($indent % 8) {
3026 if (WARN("TABSTOP", 3026 if (WARN("TABSTOP",