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Subject[PATCH] checkpatch: Improve CONSTANT_COMPARISON test for structure members
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A "." dereference to an all uppercase structure member can be
incorrectly reported as a CONSTANT_COMPARISON.

ie: "if (table[i].PANELID == tempdx)"

Fix it by checking for "." before the constant test.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d574d13..b7bce45 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4291,7 +4291,7 @@ sub process {
my $comp = $3;
my $to = $4;
my $newcomp = $comp;
- if ($lead !~ /$Operators\s*$/ &&
+ if ($lead !~ /(?:$Operators|\.)\s*$/ &&
$to !~ /^(?:Constant|[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)$/ &&
WARN("CONSTANT_COMPARISON",
"Comparisons should place the constant on the right side of the test\n" . $herecurr) &&
--
2.7.4
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