checkpatch: square brackets -- exemption for array slices in braces
It is wholy reasonable to have square brackets representing array slices
in braces on the same line. These should be spaced.
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
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 bc67793..6f821a0 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1493,11 +1493,13 @@
# check for spacing round square brackets; allowed:
# 1. with a type on the left -- int [] a;
-# 2. at the beginning of a line for slice initialisers -- [0..10] = 5,
+# 2. at the beginning of a line for slice initialisers -- [0...10] = 5,
+# 3. inside a curly brace -- = { [0...10] = 5 }
while ($line =~ /(.*?\s)\[/g) {
my ($where, $prefix) = ($-[1], $1);
if ($prefix !~ /$Type\s+$/ &&
- ($where != 0 || $prefix !~ /^.\s+$/)) {
+ ($where != 0 || $prefix !~ /^.\s+$/) &&
+ $prefix !~ /{\s+$/) {
ERROR("space prohibited before open square bracket '['\n" . $herecurr);
}
}