checkpatch: avoid "spaces required around that ':'" false positive
Since commit 1f65f947a6a8 ("checkpatch: add checks for question mark and
colon spacing") back in 2008, checkpatch has reported false positive for
asm volatile uses of "::" checkpatch thinks colons should always have
spaces around it.
Add an exception for colons with colons on either side for this valid asm
volatile (and c++) use.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Reported-by: Yehuda Yitschak <yehuday@marvell.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 35aecb3..89b1df4 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3845,6 +3845,14 @@
$ok = 1;
}
+ # for asm volatile statements
+ # ignore a colon with another
+ # colon immediately before or after
+ if (($op eq ':') &&
+ ($ca =~ /:$/ || $cc =~ /^:/)) {
+ $ok = 1;
+ }
+
# messages are ERROR, but ?: are CHK
if ($ok == 0) {
my $msg_type = \&ERROR;
