[PATCH 1/7] checkpatch: possible types -- else cannot start a type

[Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>]

An else cannot start a type, it would have to be within a block after
the else.  This can trigger false modifier matching.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2d5ece7..fd64816 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1372,6 +1372,8 @@ sub process {
 			# Ignore functions being called
 			} elsif ($s =~ /^.\s*$Ident\s*\(/s) {
 
+			} elsif ($s =~ /^.\s*else\b/s) {
+
 			# declarations always start with types
 			} elsif ($prev_values eq 'E' && $s =~ /^.\s*(?:$Storage\s+)?(?:$Inline\s+)?(?:const\s+)?((?:\s*$Ident)+?)\b(?:\s+$Sparse)?\s*\**\s*(?:$Ident|\(\*[^\)]*\))(?:\s*$Modifier)?\s*(?:;|=|,|\()/s) {
 				my $type = $1;
-- 
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