1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 83ae37b38621..5420db6502fc 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ our @modifierList = (
 sub build_types {
         my $mods = "(?:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @modifierList) . "\n)";
         my $all = "(?:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @typeList) . "\n)";
+        $Modifier       = qr{(?:$Attribute|$Sparse|$mods)};
         $NonptrType     = qr{
                         (?:const\s+)?
                         (?:$mods\s+)?
@@ -178,15 +179,14 @@ sub build_types {
                                 (?:typeof|__typeof__)\s*\(\s*\**\s*$Ident\s*\)|
                                 (?:${all}\b)
                         )
-                        (?:\s+$Sparse|\s+const)*
+                        (?:\s+$Modifier|\s+const)*
                   }x;
         $Type   = qr{
                         $NonptrType
                         (?:\s*\*+\s*const|\s*\*+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+)?
-                        (?:\s+$Inline|\s+$Sparse|\s+$Attribute|\s+$mods)*
+                        (?:\s+$Inline|\s+$Modifier)*
                   }x;
         $Declare        = qr{(?:$Storage\s+)?$Type};
-        $Modifier       = qr{(?:$Attribute|$Sparse|$mods)};
 }
 build_types();
 
@@ -715,7 +715,7 @@ sub annotate_values {
                                 $av_preprocessor = 0;
                         }
 
-                } elsif ($cur =~ /^($Type)/) {
+                } elsif ($cur =~ /^($Type)\s*(?:$Ident|,|\))/) {
                         print "DECLARE($1)\n" if ($dbg_values > 1);
                         $type = 'T';
 
@@ -800,8 +800,9 @@ sub annotate_values {
                                 print "PAREN('$1')\n" if ($dbg_values > 1);
                         }
 
-                } elsif ($cur =~ /^($Ident)\(/o) {
+                } elsif ($cur =~ /^($Ident)\s*\(/o) {
                         print "FUNC($1)\n" if ($dbg_values > 1);
+                        $type = 'V';
                         $av_pending = 'V';
 
                 } elsif ($cur =~ /^($Ident|$Constant)/o) {