Re: bug in checkpatch (on pointers to typedefs?)

[Marcin Slusarz <marcin.slusarz@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 10:23:39AM +0000, Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2008 at 03:33:02PM +0100, Marcin Slusarz wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > Checkpatch in current mainline outputs following errors:
> > 
> > $ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -q --file ./fs/udf/misc.c
> > ERROR: need consistent spacing around '*' (ctx:WxV)
> > #205: FILE: fs/udf/misc.c:205:
> > +       tag *tag_p;
> >             ^
> > 
> > $ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -q --file ./fs/udf/unicode.c
> > ERROR: need consistent spacing around '*' (ctx:WxV)
> > #48: FILE: fs/udf/unicode.c:48:
> > +int udf_build_ustr(struct ustr *dest, dstring *ptr, int size)
> >                                                ^
> > (...)
> > 
> > I think the code is ok.
> 
> Yep the code is clearly correct.  Can I have the whole patch fragment
> you got these against so I can figure out why we are unable to detect
> these two as types, I would expect us to have done so.  Also what
> version of checkpatch is this?  There is a version string at the top.
It's current Linus git tree (both checkpatch and "testcase").

Marcin