The patch titled Subject: checkpatch: fix multiple const * types has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was checkpatch-fix-multiple-const-types.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Antonio Borneo <borneo.antonio@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: fix multiple const * types Commit 1574a29f8e76 ("checkpatch: allow multiple const * types") claims to support repetition of pattern "const *", but it actually allows only one extra instance. Check the following lines int a(char const * const x[]); int b(char const * const *x); int c(char const * const * const x[]); int d(char const * const * const *x); with command ./scripts/checkpatch.pl --show-types -f filename to find that only the first line passes the test, while a warning is triggered by the other 3 lines: WARNING:FUNCTION_ARGUMENTS: function definition argument 'char const * const' should also have an identifier name The reason is that the pattern match halts at the second asterisk in the line, thus the remaining text starting with asterisk fails to match a valid name for a variable. Fixed by replacing "?" (Match 1 or 0 times) with "{0,4}" (Match no more than 4 times) in the regular expression. Fix also the similar test for types in unusual order. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200122163852.124417-1-borneo.antonio@xxxxxxxxx Fixes: 1574a29f8e76 ("checkpatch: allow multiple const * types") Signed-off-by: Antonio Borneo <borneo.antonio@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-fix-multiple-const-types +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -804,12 +804,12 @@ sub build_types { }x; $Type = qr{ $NonptrType - (?:(?:\s|\*|\[\])+\s*const|(?:\s|\*\s*(?:const\s*)?|\[\])+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+)? + (?:(?:\s|\*|\[\])+\s*const|(?:\s|\*\s*(?:const\s*)?|\[\])+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+){0,4} (?:\s+$Inline|\s+$Modifier)* }x; $TypeMisordered = qr{ $NonptrTypeMisordered - (?:(?:\s|\*|\[\])+\s*const|(?:\s|\*\s*(?:const\s*)?|\[\])+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+)? + (?:(?:\s|\*|\[\])+\s*const|(?:\s|\*\s*(?:const\s*)?|\[\])+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+){0,4} (?:\s+$Inline|\s+$Modifier)* }x; $Declare = qr{(?:$Storage\s+(?:$Inline\s+)?)?$Type}; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from borneo.antonio@xxxxxxxxx are