checkpatch: allow multiple const * types
checkpatch's $Type variable does not match declarations of multiple
const * types.
This can produce false positives for things like:
$ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h
WARNING: Missing a blank line after declarations
#60: FILE: drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h:60:
+ const struct comedi_lrange *range_table;
+ const struct comedi_lrange *const *range_table_list;
Fix the $Type variable to support matching multiple "* const" uses.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Reported-by: Hartley Sweeten <HartleyS@visionengravers.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9a89a06..57a11d7 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@
}x;
$Type = qr{
$NonptrType
- (?:(?:\s|\*|\[\])+\s*const|(?:\s|\*|\[\])+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+)?
+ (?:(?:\s|\*|\[\])+\s*const|(?:\s|\*\s*(?:const\s*)?|\[\])+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+)?
(?:\s+$Inline|\s+$Modifier)*
}x;
$Declare = qr{(?:$Storage\s+(?:$Inline\s+)?)?$Type};