checkpatch: Eliminate false positive in case of space before square bracket in a definition

Now, macro definition such as "#define abc(x) [x] = y" should pass
without an error.

Signed-off-by: Leonid Bloch <leonid@daynix.com>
Message-Id: <1446112118-12376-3-git-send-email-leonid@daynix.com>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
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Leonid Bloch 2015-10-29 11:48:38 +02:00 committed by Paolo Bonzini
parent 409db6eb71
commit 8800cf0a33

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@ -1716,11 +1716,13 @@ sub process {
# 2. at the beginning of a line for slice initialisers -- [0...10] = 5,
# 3. inside a curly brace -- = { [0...10] = 5 }
# 4. after a comma -- [1] = 5, [2] = 6
# 5. in a macro definition -- #define abc(x) [x] = y
while ($line =~ /(.*?\s)\[/g) {
my ($where, $prefix) = ($-[1], $1);
if ($prefix !~ /$Type\s+$/ &&
($where != 0 || $prefix !~ /^.\s+$/) &&
$prefix !~ /{\s+$/ &&
$prefix !~ /\#\s*define[^(]*\([^)]*\)\s+$/ &&
$prefix !~ /,\s+$/) {
ERROR("space prohibited before open square bracket '['\n" . $herecurr);
}