RE: [PATCH] checkpatch: fix false positive on casting to double pointer

[Scott Goldman]

> > Hrm, I would expect any number of levels of pointers to be detected
> > already correctly.
> >
> > /me goes check.
>
> We already have tests for both types which are passing generally, in
> t730-* and t7020-* so I think this is more likely a failure to detect
> the type as a type.  If you could send on the sample that triggers
> this I will have a look.
> 
> -apw

Yikes! you're right, lousy tests on my part. The part of my patch that triggered it was:
+  return snmp_fold_field((void __percpu **)net->mib.udp_statistics,
+           UDP_MIB_RCVBUFERRORS) +
+     snmp_fold_field((void __percpu **)net->mib.udplite_statistics,
+           UDP_MIB_RCVBUFERRORS);


ERROR: need consistent spacing around '*' (ctx:WxO)
#115: FILE: drivers/net/vmxnet3/vmxnet3_drv.c:1784:
+       return snmp_fold_field((void __percpu **)net->mib.udp_statistics,
                                              ^
Maybe caused by the __percpu attr?--
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