[B.A.T.M.A.N.] [PATCH] checkpatch: Improve "no space is necessary after a cast" test

Joe Perches
2015-02-20T19:52:35Z

The "no space is necessary after a cast" sizeof exclusion
doesn't work properly.

The test reports a false positive for code like:

BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(struct batadv_bla_claim_dst) != 6);

Make it work, simplify the exclusions, and add some comments.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Reported-by: Marek Lindner <mareklindner@neomailbox.ch>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 13 ++++++++++---
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d124359..2898e49 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2552,9 +2552,16 @@ sub process {
}
}

- if ($line =~ /^\+.*(\w+\s*)?\(\s*$Type\s*\)[ \t]+(?!$Assignment|$Arithmetic|[,;:\?\(\{\}\[\<\>]|&&|\|\||\\$)/ &&
- (!defined($1) || $1 !~ /sizeof\s*/)) {
- if (CHK("SPACING",
+# check for space after cast like "(int) foo" or "(struct foo) bar"
+# avoid checking a few false positives:
+# "sizeof(<type>)" or "__alignof__(<type>)"
+# function pointer declarations like "(*foo)(int) = bar;"
+# structure definitions like "(struct foo) { 0 };"
+# multiline macros that define functions
+# known attributes or the __attribute__ keyword
+ if ($line =~ /^\+(.*)\(\s*$Type\s*\)([ \t]++)((?![={]|\\$|$Attribute|__attribute__))/ &&
+ (!defined($1) || $1 !~ /\b(?:sizeof|__alignof__)\s*$/)) {
+ if (CHK("SPACING",
"No space is necessary after a cast\n" . $herecurr) &&
$fix) {
$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~