linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/6] checkpatch: type/cast spacing should not check prefix spacing

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Date:	Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:45:00 +0000
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] checkpatch: type/cast spacing should not check prefix spacing

We should not be complaining about the prefix spacing for types and
casts.  We are triggering here because the check for spacing between
'*'s is overly loose.  Tighten this up.

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

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index eefef65..1d7924a 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ sub process {
 			# Should not end with a space.
 			$to =~ s/\s+$//;
 			# '*'s should not have spaces between.
-			while ($to =~ s/(.)\s\*/$1\*/) {
+			while ($to =~ s/\*\s+\*/\*\*/) {
 			}
 
 			#print "from<$from> to<$to>\n";
@@ -1680,7 +1680,7 @@ sub process {
 			# Should not end with a space.
 			$to =~ s/\s+$//;
 			# '*'s should not have spaces between.
-			while ($to =~ s/(.)\s\*/$1\*/) {
+			while ($to =~ s/\*\s+\*/\*\*/) {
 			}
 			# Modifiers should have spaces.
 			$to =~ s/(\b$Modifier$)/$1 /;
-- 
1.6.0.4.911.gc990

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