[PATCH 2/5] checkpatch: Improve "no space necessary after cast" test

From: Joe Perches
Date: Sun Feb 01 2015 - 23:27:58 EST


Code like:
if (a < sizeof(<type>) &&
and
{ .len = sizeof(<type>) },

incorrectly emits that warning, so add more exceptions to avoid
the warning.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 7f1804e..a9baaab 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2541,7 +2541,7 @@ sub process {
}
}

- if ($line =~ /^\+.*(\w+\s*)?\(\s*$Type\s*\)[ \t]+(?!$Assignment|$Arithmetic|[,;\({\[\<\>])/ &&
+ if ($line =~ /^\+.*(\w+\s*)?\(\s*$Type\s*\)[ \t]+(?!$Assignment|$Arithmetic|[,;:\?\(\{\}\[\<\>]|&&|\|\||\\$)/ &&
(!defined($1) || $1 !~ /sizeof\s*/)) {
if (CHK("SPACING",
"No space is necessary after a cast\n" . $herecurr) &&
--
2.1.2

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