checkpatch: complex macros checks miss square brackets

We are missing 'simple' values which include square brackets. Refactor to ensure we handle nesting correctly and detect these simple forms. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
RyanHsu · Oct 16, 2008 · bf30d6e · bf30d6e
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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2142,9 +2142,10 @@ sub process {
 			$dstat =~ s/\s*$//s;
 
 			# Flatten any parentheses and braces
-			while ($dstat =~ s/\([^\(\)]*\)/1/) {
-			}
-			while ($dstat =~ s/\{[^\{\}]*\}/1/) {
+			while ($dstat =~ s/\([^\(\)]*\)/1/ ||
+			       $dstat =~ s/\{[^\{\}]*\}/1/ ||
+			       $dstat =~ s/\[[^\{\}]*\]/1/)
+			{
 			}
 
 			my $exceptions = qr{