1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 05b10d6bc581..cb2dac37aaff 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -130,7 +130,10 @@ if ($tree) {
 
 my $emitted_corrupt = 0;
 
-our $Ident       = qr{[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z\d_]*};
+our $Ident      = qr{
+                        [A-Za-z_][A-Za-z\d_]*
+                        (?:\s*\#\#\s*[A-Za-z_][A-Za-z\d_]*)*
+                }x;
 our $Storage    = qr{extern|static|asmlinkage};
 our $Sparse     = qr{
                         __user|