Some false positives exist on this test.
For instance:
*va_arg(args, signed char *) = val.s;
or
memset(foo, 0, sizeof(struct bar *) * baz));
Ignore lines that have an arithmetic operator or assignment
after what appears to be a cast to a pointer "(foo *)".
Add $Arithmetic convenience variable.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index c2d223c..ab39ceb 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -241,10 +241,11 @@ our $Float = qr{$Float_hex|$Float_dec|$Float_int};
our $Constant = qr{$Float|$Binary|$Hex|$Int};
our $Assignment = qr{\*\=|/=|%=|\+=|-=|<<=|>>=|&=|\^=|\|=|=};
our $Compare = qr{<=|>=|==|!=|<|>};
+our $Arithmetic = qr{\+|-|\*|\/|%};
our $Operators = qr{
<=|>=|==|!=|
=>|->|<<|>>|<|>|!|~|
- &&|\|\||,|\^|\+\+|--|&|\||\+|-|\*|\/|%
+ &&|\|\||,|\^|\+\+|--|&|\||$Arithmetic
}x;
our $NonptrType;
@@ -1885,7 +1886,7 @@ sub process {
}
}
- if ($line =~ /^\+.*\*[ \t]*\)[ \t]+/) {
+ if ($line =~ /^\+.*\*[ \t]*\)[
\t]+(?!$Assignment|$Arithmetic)/) {
CHK("SPACING",
"No space is necessary after a cast\n" . $hereprev);
}
--
1.8.1.2.459.gbcd45b4.dirty
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