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[132/166] checkpatch: fix multiple const * types

Message ID 20200407031104.0elpB8xmi%akpm@linux-foundation.org (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series [001/166] mm, memcg: bypass high reclaim iteration for cgroup hierarchy root | expand

Commit Message

Andrew Morton April 7, 2020, 3:11 a.m. UTC 
From: Antonio Borneo <borneo.antonio@gmail.com>
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@gmail.com
Fixes: 1574a29f8e76 ("checkpatch: allow multiple const * types")
Signed-off-by: Antonio Borneo <borneo.antonio@gmail.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
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--- 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};