The patch titled checkpatch: pointer type star may have modifiers following has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was checkpatch-pointer-type-star-may-have-modifiers-following.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/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: checkpatch: pointer type star may have modifiers following From: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> We may have any modifier following a pointer type star. Handle this: void * __user * __user foo; 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-pointer-type-star-may-have-modifiers-following scripts/checkpatch.pl --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-pointer-type-star-may-have-modifiers-following +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1886,11 +1886,11 @@ sub process { if ($ctx !~ /[WEBC]x./ && $ca !~ /(?:\)|!|~|\*|-|\&|\||\+\+|\-\-|\{)$/) { ERROR("space required before that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr); } - if ($op eq '*' && $cc =~/\s*const\b/) { + if ($op eq '*' && $cc =~/\s*$Modifier\b/) { # A unary '*' may be const } elsif ($ctx =~ /.xW/) { - ERROR("space prohibited after that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr); + ERROR("Aspace prohibited after that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr); } # unary ++ and unary -- are allowed no space on one side. _ 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 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html