The patch titled
checkpatch: a modifier is not an identifier at the end of a type
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
checkpatch-a-modifier-is-not-an-identifier-at-the-end-of-a-type.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/
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Subject: checkpatch: a modifier is not an identifier at the end of a type
From: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
We must make sure we do not misrecognise a modifier as an Identifier
when trying to match types. Prevent us matching this:
void * __ref
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-a-modifier-is-not-an-identifier-at-the-end-of-a-type scripts/checkpatch.pl
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-a-modifier-is-not-an-identifier-at-the-end-of-a-type
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1686,8 +1686,8 @@ sub process {
# Modifiers should have spaces.
$to =~ s/(\b$Modifier$)/$1 /;
- #print "from<$from> to<$to>\n";
- if ($from ne $to) {
+ #print "from<$from> to<$to> ident<$ident>\n";
+ if ($from ne $to && $ident !~ /^$Modifier$/) {
ERROR("\"foo${from}bar\" should be \"foo${to}bar\"\n" . $herecurr);
}
}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
linux-next.patch
mmc-add-modalias-linkage-for-mmc-sd-devices.patch
psmouse-synaptics-ensure-we-reset-the-device-on-resume.patch
psmouse-synaptics-ensure-we-reset-the-device-on-resume-fix.patch
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