checkpatch: allow multiple const * types

checkpatch's $Type variable does not match declarations of multiple
const * types.

This can produce false positives for things like:

  $ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h
  WARNING: Missing a blank line after declarations
  #60: FILE: drivers/staging/comedi/comedidev.h:60:
  +       const struct comedi_lrange *range_table;
  +       const struct comedi_lrange *const *range_table_list;

Fix the $Type variable to support matching multiple "* const" uses.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Reported-by: Hartley Sweeten <HartleyS@visionengravers.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Joe Perches 2014-08-06 16:10:50 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent e2826fd070
commit 1574a29f8e

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@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ sub build_types {
}x;
$Type = qr{
$NonptrType
(?:(?:\s|\*|\[\])+\s*const|(?:\s|\*|\[\])+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+)?
(?:(?:\s|\*|\[\])+\s*const|(?:\s|\*\s*(?:const\s*)?|\[\])+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+)?
(?:\s+$Inline|\s+$Modifier)*
}x;
$Declare = qr{(?:$Storage\s+(?:$Inline\s+)?)?$Type};