checkpatch: add [] to type extensions

Andy Whitcroft · torvalds · commit b337d8b82f23 · 2012-03-23T16:58:36.000-07:00
Add [] to a type extensions.  Fixes false positives on:

    .attrs = (struct attribute *[]) {

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft &lt;apw@canonical.com&gt;
Cc: Joe Perches &lt;joe@perches.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ sub build_types {
 		  }x;
 	$Type	= qr{
 			$NonptrType
-			(?:[\s\*]+\s*const|[\s\*]+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+)?
+			(?:(?:\s|\*|\[\])+\s*const|(?:\s|\*|\[\])+|(?:\s*\[\s*\])+)?
 			(?:\s+$Inline|\s+$Modifier)*
 		  }x;
 	$Declare	= qr{(?:$Storage\s+)?$Type};
