checkpatch: square brackets -- exemption for array slices in braces

It is wholy reasonable to have square brackets representing array slices
in braces on the same line.  These should be spaced.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Andy Whitcroft 2008-10-15 22:02:15 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent 0fcff28f47
commit fe2a7dbc85

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@ -1493,11 +1493,13 @@ sub process {
# check for spacing round square brackets; allowed:
# 1. with a type on the left -- int [] a;
# 2. at the beginning of a line for slice initialisers -- [0..10] = 5,
# 2. at the beginning of a line for slice initialisers -- [0...10] = 5,
# 3. inside a curly brace -- = { [0...10] = 5 }
while ($line =~ /(.*?\s)\[/g) {
my ($where, $prefix) = ($-[1], $1);
if ($prefix !~ /$Type\s+$/ &&
($where != 0 || $prefix !~ /^.\s+$/)) {
($where != 0 || $prefix !~ /^.\s+$/) &&
$prefix !~ /{\s+$/) {
ERROR("space prohibited before open square bracket '['\n" . $herecurr);
}
}