linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/5] checkpatch: types cannot start mid word for pointer tests

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Message-Id: <1214998278-11767-5-git-send-email-apw@shadowen.org>
Date:	Wed,  2 Jul 2008 12:31:17 +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 4/5] checkpatch: types cannot start mid word for pointer tests

When checking spacing for pointer checks the type cannot start in the
middle of a word, ie. this is not 'int * bar':

	x = fooint * bar;

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 96a762b..022ee55 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1435,11 +1435,11 @@ sub process {
 			ERROR("\"(foo $1 )\" should be \"(foo $1)\"\n" .
 				$herecurr);
 
-		} elsif ($line =~ m{$NonptrType(\*+)(?:\s+(?:$Attribute|$Sparse))?\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+}) {
+		} elsif ($line =~ m{\b$NonptrType(\*+)(?:\s+(?:$Attribute|$Sparse))?\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+}) {
 			ERROR("\"foo$1 bar\" should be \"foo $1bar\"\n" .
 				$herecurr);
 
-		} elsif ($line =~ m{$NonptrType\s+(\*+)(?!\s+(?:$Attribute|$Sparse))\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+}) {
+		} elsif ($line =~ m{\b$NonptrType\s+(\*+)(?!\s+(?:$Attribute|$Sparse))\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+}) {
 			ERROR("\"foo $1 bar\" should be \"foo $1bar\"\n" .
 				$herecurr);
 		}
-- 
1.5.6.1.201.g3e7d3

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