1 files changed, 14 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 45eb0ae98eba..2d5ece798c4c 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use strict;
 my $P = $0;
 $P =~ s@.*/@@g;
 
-my $V = '0.27';
+my $V = '0.28';
 
 use Getopt::Long qw(:config no_auto_abbrev);
 
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ our $Sparse	= qr{
                         __iomem|
                         __must_check|
                         __init_refok|
-                        __kprobes
+                        __kprobes|
+                        __ref
                 }x;
 our $Attribute  = qr{
                         const|
@@ -1240,7 +1241,8 @@ sub process {
                         $realfile =~ s@^([^/]*)/@@;
 
                         $p1_prefix = $1;
-                        if ($tree && $p1_prefix ne '' && -e "$root/$p1_prefix") {
+                        if (!$file && $tree && $p1_prefix ne '' &&
+                            -e "$root/$p1_prefix") {
                                 WARN("patch prefix '$p1_prefix' exists, appears to be a -p0 patch\n");
                         }
 
@@ -1583,9 +1585,9 @@ sub process {
                 }
 # TEST: allow direct testing of the attribute matcher.
                 if ($dbg_attr) {
-                        if ($line =~ /^.\s*$Attribute\s*$/) {
+                        if ($line =~ /^.\s*$Modifier\s*$/) {
                                 ERROR("TEST: is attr\n" . $herecurr);
-                        } elsif ($dbg_attr > 1 && $line =~ /^.+($Attribute)/) {
+                        } elsif ($dbg_attr > 1 && $line =~ /^.+($Modifier)/) {
                                 ERROR("TEST: is not attr ($1 is)\n". $herecurr);
                         }
                         next;
@@ -1657,7 +1659,7 @@ sub process {
 
 # * goes on variable not on type
                 # (char*[ const])
-                if ($line =~ m{\($NonptrType(\s*\*[\s\*]*(?:$Modifier\s*)*)\)}) {
+                if ($line =~ m{\($NonptrType(\s*(?:$Modifier\b\s*|\*\s*)+)\)}) {
                         my ($from, $to) = ($1, $1);
 
                         # Should start with a space.
@@ -1672,7 +1674,7 @@ sub process {
                         if ($from ne $to) {
                                 ERROR("\"(foo$from)\" should be \"(foo$to)\"\n" .  $herecurr);
                         }
-                } elsif ($line =~ m{\b$NonptrType(\s*\*[\s\*]*(?:$Modifier\s*)?)($Ident)}) {
+                } elsif ($line =~ m{\b$NonptrType(\s*(?:$Modifier\b\s*|\*\s*)+)($Ident)}) {
                         my ($from, $to, $ident) = ($1, $1, $2);
 
                         # Should start with a space.
@@ -1685,8 +1687,8 @@ sub process {
                         # Modifiers should have spaces.
                         $to =~ s/(\b$Modifier$)/$1 /;
 
-                        #print "from<$from> to<$to>\n";
-                        if ($from ne $to) {
+                        #print "from<$from> to<$to> ident<$ident>\n";
+                        if ($from ne $to && $ident !~ /^$Modifier$/) {
                                 ERROR("\"foo${from}bar\" should be \"foo${to}bar\"\n" .  $herecurr);
                         }
                 }
@@ -1885,11 +1887,11 @@ sub process {
                                         if ($ctx !~ /[WEBC]x./ && $ca !~ /(?:\)|!|~|\*|-|\&|\||\+\+|\-\-|\{)$/) {
                                                 ERROR("space required before that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr);
                                         }
-                                        if ($op eq '*' && $cc =~/\s*const\b/) {
+                                        if ($op eq '*' && $cc =~/\s*$Modifier\b/) {
                                                 # A unary '*' may be const
 
                                         } elsif ($ctx =~ /.xW/) {
-                                                ERROR("space prohibited after that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr);
+                                                ERROR("Aspace prohibited after that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr);
                                         }
 
                                 # unary ++ and unary -- are allowed no space on one side.
@@ -2560,7 +2562,7 @@ sub process {
                 if ($line =~ /\bin_atomic\s*\(/) {
                         if ($realfile =~ m@^drivers/@) {
                                 ERROR("do not use in_atomic in drivers\n" . $herecurr);
-                        } else {
+                        } elsif ($realfile !~ m@^kernel/@) {
                                 WARN("use of in_atomic() is incorrect outside core kernel code\n" . $herecurr);
                         }
                 }