linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] update checkpatch.pl to version 0.08

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Date:	Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:37:43 +0100
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>
CC:	"Kok, Auke" <auke-jan.h.kok@...el.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Joel Schopp <jschopp@...tin.ibm.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] update checkpatch.pl to version 0.08

Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Jul 23 2007 16:36, Kok, Auke wrote:
>> this somehow seems to match something completely non-related (a function
>> pointer declaration case):
>>
>> ERROR: no space between function name and open parenthesis '('
>> #7278: FILE: drivers/net/e1000e/hw.h:434:
>> +       bool (*check_mng_mode)(struct e1000_hw *);
>>
>> even if I put a space between ")(", it still complains.
> 
> [assumed] majority of kernel code uses ")(" instead of ")\s+(",
> so the warning seems bogus. And it even gets nitpicky.

No that is just a false positive.  Those are meant to be detected, its
just that bool wasn't listed as a type.

-apw
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