linux-kernel - [PATCH 19/23] checkpatch: possible modifiers are not being correctly matched

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Date:	Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:05:58 +0100
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Joel Schopp <jschopp@...tin.ibm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
Subject: [PATCH 19/23] checkpatch: possible modifiers are not being correctly matched

Although we are finding the added modifier in the declaration below
we are not correctly matching it as a type.  Fix the declaration.

    static void __ref *vmem_alloc_pages(unsigned int order)
    {
    }

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    7 +++----
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 077a2ca..53ec394 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -168,12 +168,11 @@ our @modifierList = (
 );
 
 sub build_types {
-	my $mods = "(?:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @modifierList) . "\n)";
-	my $all = "(?:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @typeList) . "\n)";
+	my $mods = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @modifierList) . "\n)";
+	my $all = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @typeList) . "\n)";
 	$Modifier	= qr{(?:$Attribute|$Sparse|$mods)};
 	$NonptrType	= qr{
-			(?:const\s+)?
-			(?:$mods\s+)?
+			(?:$Modifier\s+|const\s+)*
 			(?:
 				(?:typeof|__typeof__)\s*\(\s*\**\s*$Ident\s*\)|
 				(?:${all}\b)
-- 
1.5.6.rc0.140.ga9675

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