linux-kernel - [PATCH 06/12] checkpatch: Reduce false positive rate of "complex macros"

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Message-Id: <8cc09d6a343561171b50099d49deb0bfa54935ae.1370902448.git.joe@perches.com>
Date:	Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:20:44 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 06/12] checkpatch: Reduce false positive rate of "complex macros"

Allow "#define foo struct.member" without bleating a warning.

This also allows "#define foo bar.baz->qux" and so on.

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 f4e247b2..93b8e66 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3041,7 +3041,7 @@ sub process {
 			if ($dstat ne '' &&
 			    $dstat !~ /^(?:$Ident|-?$Constant),$/ &&			# 10, // foo(),
 			    $dstat !~ /^(?:$Ident|-?$Constant);$/ &&			# foo();
-			    $dstat !~ /^[!~-]?(?:$Ident|$Constant)$/ &&		# 10 // foo() // !foo // ~foo // -foo
+			    $dstat !~ /^[!~-]?(?:$Lval|$Constant)$/ &&		# 10 // foo() // !foo // ~foo // -foo // foo->bar // foo.bar->baz
 			    $dstat !~ /^'X'$/ &&					# character constants
 			    $dstat !~ /$exceptions/ &&
 			    $dstat !~ /^\.$Ident\s*=/ &&				# .foo =
-- 
1.8.1.2.459.gbcd45b4.dirty

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