The patch titled
checkpatch: possible types -- else cannot start a type
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
checkpatch-possible-types-else-cannot-start-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: possible types -- else cannot start a type
From: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
An else cannot start a type, it would have to be within a block after the
else. This can trigger false modifier matching.
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-possible-types-else-cannot-start-a-type scripts/checkpatch.pl
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-possible-types-else-cannot-start-a-type
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1372,6 +1372,8 @@ sub process {
# Ignore functions being called
} elsif ($s =~ /^.\s*$Ident\s*\(/s) {
+ } elsif ($s =~ /^.\s*else\b/s) {
+
# declarations always start with types
} elsif ($prev_values eq 'E' && $s =~ /^.\s*(?:$Storage\s+)?(?:$Inline\s+)?(?:const\s+)?((?:\s*$Ident)+?)\b(?:\s+$Sparse)?\s*\**\s*(?:$Ident|\(\*[^\)]*\))(?:\s*$Modifier)?\s*(?:;|=|,|\()/s) {
my $type = $1;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
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