From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: improve CONSTANT_COMPARISON test for structure members
A "." dereference to an all uppercase structure member can be
incorrectly reported as a CONSTANT_COMPARISON.
ie: "if (table[i].PANELID == tempdx)"
Fix it by checking for "." before the constant test.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-improve-constant_comparison-test-for-structure-members scripts/checkpatch.pl
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-improve-constant_comparison-test-for-structure-members
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4291,7 +4291,7 @@ sub process {
my $comp = $3;
my $to = $4;
my $newcomp = $comp;
- if ($lead !~ /$Operators\s*$/ &&
+ if ($lead !~ /(?:$Operators|\.)\s*$/ &&
$to !~ /^(?:Constant|[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)$/ &&
WARN("CONSTANT_COMPARISON",
"Comparisons should place the constant on the right side of the test\n" . $herecurr) &&
_
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