[PATCH] checkpatch: Improve "no space after cast" test

[Joe Perches]

This --strict test previously worked only for what appeared
to be cast to pointer types.

Make it work for all casts.

Also, there's no reason to show the previous line for this
type of message, so don't.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 182be0f..0a3c759 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2256,12 +2256,12 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
-		if ($line =~ /^\+.*\*[ \t]*\)[ \t]+(?!$Assignment|$Arithmetic)/) {
+		if ($line =~ /^\+.*\(\s*$Type\s*\)[ \t]+(?!$Assignment|$Arithmetic)/) {
 			if (CHK("SPACING",
-				"No space is necessary after a cast\n" . $hereprev) &&
+				"No space is necessary after a cast\n" . $herecurr) &&
 			    $fix) {
 				$fixed[$linenr - 1] =~
-				    s/^(\+.*\*[ \t]*\))[ \t]+/$1/;
+				    s/(\(\s*$Type\s*\))[ \t]+/$1/;
 			}
 		}
 


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