Re: checkpatch bug: space between left parenthesis and asterisk

[Zach Brown]

Timur Tabi wrote:
> I'm running checkpatch.pl (dated 10/17), and it complains about this line:
> 
> crc = __be32_to_cpu(* ((__be32 *) ((void *) firmware + calc_size)));

Well, that is a bit of a stinker.  Maybe it could be reworked a little
to make it easier for humans and checkpatch to understand?

  __be32 *crazy_pointer = (void *)firmware + calc_size;
  crc = be32_to_cpu(*crazy_pointer);

(Does this need to worry about get_unaligned() at all?)

- z
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