Re: checkpatch.pl: WxV false positive

[Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>]

On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 09:48:34PM -0500, Vivien Didelot wrote:

> In the code below, checkpatch thinks that the asterisk is a
> multiplication, so it is complaining about coding style.
> 
>     ERROR: need consistent spacing around '*' (ctx:WxV)
>     #304: FILE: x86/platform/ts5500/ts5500_adc.c:304:
>     +	.attrs = (struct attribute *[]) {

C types are the pits.  How does the version below handle for you:

    http://people.canonical.com/~apw/checkpatch/checkpatch-next.pl

Relative patch below.

-apw

commit f8a73045dcaac70f9be770cca06f21c762a13878
Author: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Date:   Sun Jan 29 21:46:04 2012 +0000

    checkpatch: add [] to type extensions
    
    Add [] to a type extensions.  Fixes false positives on:
    
        .attrs = (struct attribute *[]) {
    
    Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d1dd544..64de1bd 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ sub build_types {
 		  }x;
 	$Type	= qr{
 			$NonptrType
-			(?:[\s\*]+\s*const|[\s\*]+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+)?
+			(?:(?:\s|\*|\[\])+\s*const|(?:\s|\*|\[\])+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+)?
 			(?:\s+$Inline|\s+$Modifier)*
 		  }x;
 	$Declare	= qr{(?:$Storage\s+)?$Type};