Code such as: x = timercmp(&now, &end, <); Will currently trigger a checkpatch error. e.g.
ERROR: spaces required around that '<' This is because the "Ignore operators passed as parameters" check looks only for a comma following the operator. Improve the check by also looking for a close parenthesis. Signed-off-by: Sam Bobroff <sam.bobr...@au1.ibm.com> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index d124359..f65c4de 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3565,7 +3565,7 @@ sub process { # Ignore operators passed as parameters. if ($op_type ne 'V' && - $ca =~ /\s$/ && $cc =~ /^\s*,/) { + $ca =~ /\s$/ && $cc =~ /^\s*[,\)]/) { # # Ignore comments # } elsif ($op =~ /^$;+$/) { -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/