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]>
blinkosm · Sep 22, 2009 · 463f286 · 463f286
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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -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;