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checkpatch: type/cast spacing should not check prefix spacing

We should not be complaining about the prefix spacing for types and casts.
 We are triggering here because the check for spacing between '*'s is
overly loose.  Tighten this up.

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>
Andy Whitcroft 16 years ago
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1 changed files with 2 additions and 2 deletions
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      scripts/checkpatch.pl

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scripts/checkpatch.pl

@@ -1665,7 +1665,7 @@ sub process {
 			# Should not end with a space.
 			# Should not end with a space.
 			$to =~ s/\s+$//;
 			$to =~ s/\s+$//;
 			# '*'s should not have spaces between.
 			# '*'s should not have spaces between.
-			while ($to =~ s/(.)\s\*/$1\*/) {
+			while ($to =~ s/\*\s+\*/\*\*/) {
 			}
 			}
 
 
 			#print "from<$from> to<$to>\n";
 			#print "from<$from> to<$to>\n";
@@ -1680,7 +1680,7 @@ sub process {
 			# Should not end with a space.
 			# Should not end with a space.
 			$to =~ s/\s+$//;
 			$to =~ s/\s+$//;
 			# '*'s should not have spaces between.
 			# '*'s should not have spaces between.
-			while ($to =~ s/(.)\s\*/$1\*/) {
+			while ($to =~ s/\*\s+\*/\*\*/) {
 			}
 			}
 			# Modifiers should have spaces.
 			# Modifiers should have spaces.
 			$to =~ s/(\b$Modifier$)/$1 /;
 			$to =~ s/(\b$Modifier$)/$1 /;