1 files changed, 18 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 88027f237cd..8afa88aaed9 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -858,6 +858,19 @@ sub annotate_values {
                         print "CLOSE($1)\n" if ($dbg_values > 1);
                         $type = 'N';
 
+                } elsif ($cur =~ /^(-(?![->])|\+(?!\+)|\*|\&(?!\&))/o) {
+                        my $variant;
+
+                        print "OPV($1)\n" if ($dbg_values > 1);
+                        if ($type eq 'V') {
+                                $variant = 'B';
+                        } else {
+                                $variant = 'U';
+                        }
+
+                        substr($var, length($res), 1, $variant);
+                        $type = 'N';
+
                 } elsif ($cur =~ /^($Operators)/o) {
                         print "OP($1)\n" if ($dbg_values > 1);
                         if ($1 ne '++' && $1 ne '--') {
@@ -1573,22 +1586,8 @@ sub process {
                                 my $ptr = substr($blank, 0, $off) . "^";
                                 my $hereptr = "$hereline$ptr\n";
 
-                                # Classify operators into binary, unary, or
-                                # definitions (* only) where they have more
-                                # than one mode.
+                                # Pull out the value of this operator.
                                 my $op_type = substr($curr_values, $off + 1, 1);
-                                my $op_left = substr($curr_values, $off, 1);
-                                my $is_unary;
-                                if ($op_type eq 'T') {
-                                        $is_unary = 2;
-                                } elsif ($op_left eq 'V') {
-                                        $is_unary = 0;
-                                } else {
-                                        $is_unary = 1;
-                                }
-                                #if ($op eq '-' || $op eq '&' || $op eq '*') {
-                                #       print "UNARY: <$op_left$op_type $is_unary $a:$op:$c> <$ca:$op:$cc> <$unary_ctx>\n";
-                                #}
 
                                 # Get the full operator variant.
                                 my $opv = $op . substr($curr_vars, $off, 1);
@@ -1625,18 +1624,19 @@ sub process {
                                         }
 
                                 # '*' as part of a type definition -- reported already.
-                                } elsif ($op eq '*' && $is_unary == 2) {
+                                } elsif ($opv eq '*_') {
                                         #warn "'*' is part of type\n";
 
                                 # unary operators should have a space before and
                                 # none after.  May be left adjacent to another
                                 # unary operator, or a cast
                                 } elsif ($op eq '!' || $op eq '~' ||
-                                         ($is_unary && ($op eq '*' || $op eq '-' || $op eq '&'))) {
+                                         $opv eq '*U' || $opv eq '-U' ||
+                                         $opv eq '&U') {
                                         if ($ctx !~ /[WEBC]x./ && $ca !~ /(?:\)|!|~|\*|-|\&|\||\+\+|\-\-|\{)$/) {
                                                 ERROR("space required before that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr);
                                         }
-                                        if ($op  eq '*' && $cc =~/\s*const\b/) {
+                                        if ($op eq '*' && $cc =~/\s*const\b/) {
                                                 # A unary '*' may be const
 
                                         } elsif ($ctx =~ /.xW/) {