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 <apw@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2d5ece798c4c6e786b3e6ee305e9830e490d75e9..fd6481649258fe3cac8ebb7187d35db4ddf69e8a 100755 (executable)
--- 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;