Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752904Ab3IWW7z (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Sep 2013 18:59:55 -0400 Received: from e33.co.us.ibm.com ([32.97.110.151]:48454 "EHLO e33.co.us.ibm.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752007Ab3IWW7y (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Sep 2013 18:59:54 -0400 Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:59:49 -0700 From: "Paul E. McKenney" To: apw@canonical.com, joe@perches.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: False positive in checkpatch Message-ID: <20130923225949.GA26278@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reply-To: paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-TM-AS-MML: No X-Content-Scanned: Fidelis XPS MAILER x-cbid: 13092322-0928-0000-0000-000001D2839F Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 612 Lines: 20 Hello! The checkpatch.pl script complains as follows: ERROR: need consistent spacing around '*' (ctx:WxB) #57: FILE: include/linux/rcupdate.h:564: + ACCESS_ONCE(p) = (typeof(*(v)) __force space *)(v); \ Of course, the two uses of '*' are doing different things, so it should be OK for the spacing to be different. Could you please fix this? Thanx, Paul -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/