checkpatch: possible types -- known modifiers cannot be types

Ensure we do not inadvertantly load known modifiers up as possible types.

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>

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 6d07b67..9c20916 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@ sub possible {
        my ($possible, $line) = @_;
 
        print "CHECK<$possible> ($line)\n" if ($dbg_possible > 1);
-       if ($possible !~ /^(?:$Storage|$Type|DEFINE_\S+)$/ &&
+       if ($possible !~ /^(?:$Modifier|$Storage|$Type|DEFINE_\S+)$/ &&
            $possible ne 'goto' && $possible ne 'return' &&
            $possible ne 'case' && $possible ne 'else' &&
            $possible ne 'asm' && $possible ne '__asm__' &&