1 files changed, 20 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 91308bec89b9..ae9f71d27a85 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1431,21 +1431,25 @@ sub possible {
 my $prefix = '';
 
 sub show_type {
-        return defined $use_type{$_[0]} if (scalar keys %use_type > 0);
+        my ($type) = @_;
 
-        return !defined $ignore_type{$_[0]};
+        return defined $use_type{$type} if (scalar keys %use_type > 0);
+
+        return !defined $ignore_type{$type};
 }
 
 sub report {
-        if (!show_type($_[1]) ||
-            (defined $tst_only && $_[2] !~ /\Q$tst_only\E/)) {
+        my ($level, $type, $msg) = @_;
+
+        if (!show_type($type) ||
+            (defined $tst_only && $msg !~ /\Q$tst_only\E/)) {
                 return 0;
         }
         my $line;
         if ($show_types) {
-                $line = "$prefix$_[0]:$_[1]: $_[2]\n";
+                $line = "$prefix$level:$type: $msg\n";
         } else {
-                $line = "$prefix$_[0]: $_[2]\n";
+                $line = "$prefix$level: $msg\n";
         }
         $line = (split('\n', $line))[0] . "\n" if ($terse);
 
@@ -1453,12 +1457,15 @@ sub report {
 
         return 1;
 }
+
 sub report_dump {
         our @report;
 }
 
 sub ERROR {
-        if (report("ERROR", $_[0], $_[1])) {
+        my ($type, $msg) = @_;
+
+        if (report("ERROR", $type, $msg)) {
                 our $clean = 0;
                 our $cnt_error++;
                 return 1;
@@ -1466,7 +1473,9 @@ sub ERROR {
         return 0;
 }
 sub WARN {
-        if (report("WARNING", $_[0], $_[1])) {
+        my ($type, $msg) = @_;
+
+        if (report("WARNING", $type, $msg)) {
                 our $clean = 0;
                 our $cnt_warn++;
                 return 1;
@@ -1474,7 +1483,9 @@ sub WARN {
         return 0;
 }
 sub CHK {
-        if ($check && report("CHECK", $_[0], $_[1])) {
+        my ($type, $msg) = @_;
+
+        if ($check && report("CHECK", $type, $msg)) {
                 our $clean = 0;
                 our $cnt_chk++;
                 return 1;