---

yaml
---
r: 167761
b: refs/heads/master
c: 9a974fd
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  167759: e91ad0e
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 1a83e175dc2c7be931a3ea9c7fb0769e6de55e90
+refs/heads/master: 9a974fdbe3fbb4b0f6d552579dc79ac237412c61

trunk/scripts/checkpatch.pl

@@ -997,23 +997,25 @@ sub annotate_values {
 
 sub possible {
 	my ($possible, $line) = @_;
-
-	print "CHECK<$possible> ($line)\n" if ($dbg_possible > 2);
-	if ($possible !~ /(?:
+	my $notPermitted = qr{(?:
 		^(?:
 			$Modifier|
 			$Storage|
 			$Type|
-			DEFINE_\S+|
+			DEFINE_\S+
+		)$|
+		^(?:
 			goto|
 			return|
 			case|
 			else|
 			asm|__asm__|
 			do
-		)$|
+		)(?:\s|$)|
 		^(?:typedef|struct|enum)\b
-	    )/x) {
+	    )}x;
+	warn "CHECK<$possible> ($line)\n" if ($dbg_possible > 2);
+	if ($possible !~ $notPermitted) {
 		# Check for modifiers.
 		$possible =~ s/\s*$Storage\s*//g;
 		$possible =~ s/\s*$Sparse\s*//g;
@@ -1022,8 +1024,10 @@ sub possible {
 		} elsif ($possible =~ /\s/) {
 			$possible =~ s/\s*$Type\s*//g;
 			for my $modifier (split(' ', $possible)) {
-				warn "MODIFIER: $modifier ($possible) ($line)\n" if ($dbg_possible);
-				push(@modifierList, $modifier);
+				if ($modifier !~ $notPermitted) {
+					warn "MODIFIER: $modifier ($possible) ($line)\n" if ($dbg_possible);
+					push(@modifierList, $modifier);
+				}
 			}
 
 		} else {