Hi Andy,
I just started using checkpatch and I was confused by the following WARN 
message:

        no space between function name and open parenthesis

I thought the probelm was that a space was missing while the truth is the 
opposite.

How about the following patch?


--- checkpatch.pl.old   2008-01-04 13:37:51.000000000 +0100
+++ checkpatch.pl       2008-01-04 13:37:24.000000000 +0100
@@ -1117,7 +1117,7 @@
                while ($line =~ /($Ident)\s+\(/g) {
                        if ($1 !~ 
/^(?:if|for|while|switch|return|volatile|__volatile__|__attribute__|format|__extension__|Copyright|case)$/
 &&
                            $line !~ /$Type\s+\(/ && $line !~ 
/^.\#\s*define\b/) {
-                               WARN("no space between function name and open 
parenthesis '('\n" . $herecurr);
+                               WARN("don't put a space between function name 
and open parenthesis '('\n" . $herecurr);
                        }
                }
 # Check operator spacing.
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