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>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index f4e247b2..93b8e66 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3041,7 +3041,7 @@
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 =
