linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: Improve CONSTANT_COMPARISON test for structure members

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Date:	Sun, 27 Mar 2016 15:12:30 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Improve CONSTANT_COMPARISON test for structure members

A "." dereference to an all uppercase structure member can be
incorrectly reported as a CONSTANT_COMPARISON.

ie: "if (table[i].PANELID == tempdx)"

Fix it by checking for "." before the constant test.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d574d13..b7bce45 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4291,7 +4291,7 @@ sub process {
 			my $comp = $3;
 			my $to = $4;
 			my $newcomp = $comp;
-			if ($lead !~ /$Operators\s*$/ &&
+			if ($lead !~ /(?:$Operators|\.)\s*$/ &&
 			    $to !~ /^(?:Constant|[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)$/ &&
 			    WARN("CONSTANT_COMPARISON",
 				 "Comparisons should place the constant on the right side of the test\n" . $herecurr) &&
-- 
2.7.4