checkpatch: a modifier is not an identifier at the end of a type

We must make sure we do not misrecognise a modifier as an Identifier
when trying to match types.  Prevent us matching this:

	void * __ref

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.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 15a59042512921bb6b9fc755b3a48bb3e55af3d6..b9e9ee1315b7bce82ccac88bc934249e0f198063 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1686,8 +1686,8 @@ sub process {
                        # Modifiers should have spaces.
                        $to =~ s/(\b$Modifier$)/$1 /;
 
-                       #print "from<$from> to<$to>\n";
-                       if ($from ne $to) {
+                       #print "from<$from> to<$to> ident<$ident>\n";
+                       if ($from ne $to && $ident !~ /^$Modifier$/) {
                                ERROR("\"foo${from}bar\" should be \"foo${to}bar\"\n" .  $herecurr);
                        }
                }