+ checkpatch-reduce-false-positive-rate-of-complex-macros.patch added to -mm tree

+ checkpatch-reduce-false-positive-rate-of-complex-macros.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

Subject: + checkpatch-reduce-false-positive-rate-of-complex-macros.patch added to -mm tree
To: joe@perches.com
From: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:50:38 -0700


The patch titled
     Subject: checkpatch: reduce false positive rate of "complex macros"
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     checkpatch-reduce-false-positive-rate-of-complex-macros.patch

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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Subject: checkpatch: reduce false positive rate of "complex macros"

Allow "#define foo struct.member" without bleating a warning.

This also allows "#define foo bar.baz->qux" and so on.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-reduce-false-positive-rate-of-complex-macros scripts/checkpatch.pl
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-reduce-false-positive-rate-of-complex-macros
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3041,7 +3041,7 @@ sub process {
 			if ($dstat ne '' &&
 			    $dstat !~ /^(?:$Ident|-?$Constant),$/ &&			# 10, // foo(),
 			    $dstat !~ /^(?:$Ident|-?$Constant);$/ &&			# foo();
-			    $dstat !~ /^[!~-]?(?:$Ident|$Constant)$/ &&		# 10 // foo() // !foo // ~foo // -foo
+			    $dstat !~ /^[!~-]?(?:$Lval|$Constant)$/ &&		# 10 // foo() // !foo // ~foo // -foo // foo->bar // foo.bar->baz
 			    $dstat !~ /^'X'$/ &&					# character constants
 			    $dstat !~ /$exceptions/ &&
 			    $dstat !~ /^\.$Ident\s*=/ &&				# .foo =
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@perches.com are

linux-next.patch
checkpatch-change-camelcase-test-and-make-it-strict.patch
checkpatch-warn-when-using-gccs-binary-constant-extension.patch
checkpatch-add-strict-preference-for-p-=-kmallocsizeofp.patch
checkpatch-remove-quote-from-camelcase-test.patch
checkpatch-improve-network-block-comment-test-and-message.patch
checkpatch-warn-when-networking-block-comment-lines-dont-start-with.patch
checkpatch-warn-on-comparisons-to-jiffies.patch
checkpatch-warn-on-comparisons-to-get_jiffies_64.patch
checkpatch-reduce-false-positive-rate-of-complex-macros.patch
checkpatch-add-a-placeholder-to-check-blank-lines-before-declarations.patch
checkpatch-dont-warn-on-blank-lines-before-after-braces-as-often.patch
checkpatch-add-a-strict-test-for-comparison-to-true-false.patch
checkpatch-improve-no-space-after-cast-test.patch
checkpatch-create-an-experimental-fix-option-to-correct-patches.patch
checkpatch-move-test-for-space-before-semicolon-after-operator-spacing.patch