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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index df4250a8ad51..9a89a0609bac 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3491,6 +3491,14 @@ sub process { } } +# check unnecessary parentheses around addressof/dereference single $Lvals +# ie: &(foo->bar) should be &foo->bar and *(foo->bar) should be *foo->bar + + while ($line =~ /(?:[^&]&\s*|\*)\(\s*($Ident\s*(?:$Member\s*)+)\s*\)/g) { + CHK("UNNECESSARY_PARENTHESES", + "Unnecessary parentheses around $1\n" . $herecurr); + } + #goto labels aren't indented, allow a single space however if ($line=~/^.\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+:(?![0-9]+)/ and !($line=~/^. [A-Za-z\d_]+:/) and !($line=~/^.\s+default:/)) { |