checkpatch: don't warn on bitfield spaces around :

This test prevents code from being aligned around the : for easy visual
counting of bitfield lengths.

ie:
	int foo		: 1,
	int bar		: 2,
	int foobar	:29;

should be acceptable so remove the test.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Suggested-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d3dcb370fc37..34eb2160489d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3138,10 +3138,13 @@ sub process {
                                 # // is a comment
                                 } elsif ($op eq '//') {
 
+                                #   :   when part of a bitfield
+                                } elsif ($opv eq ':B') {
+                                        # skip the bitfield test for now
+
                                 # No spaces for:
                                 #   ->
-                                #   :   when part of a bitfield
-                                } elsif ($op eq '->' || $opv eq ':B') {
+                                } elsif ($op eq '->') {
                                         if ($ctx =~ /Wx.|.xW/) {
                                                 if (ERROR("SPACING",
                                                           "spaces prohibited around that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr)) {