checkpatch: possible types -- else cannot start a type

An else cannot start a type, it would have to be within a block after the
else.  This can trigger false modifier matching.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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Andy Whitcroft 2009-09-21 17:04:34 -07:00 • committed by Linus Torvalds
commit 463f286485

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@ -1372,6 +1372,8 @@ sub process {
# Ignore functions being called
} elsif ($s =~ /^.\s*$Ident\s*\(/s) {
} elsif ($s =~ /^.\s*else\b/s) {
# declarations always start with types
} elsif ($prev_values eq 'E' && $s =~ /^.\s*(?:$Storage\s+)?(?:$Inline\s+)?(?:const\s+)?((?:\s*$Ident)+?)\b(?:\s+$Sparse)?\s*\**\s*(?:$Ident|\(\*[^\)]*\))(?:\s*$Modifier)?\s*(?:;|=|,|\()/s) {
my $type = $1;