Possible false positive in checkpatch

[Alan Stern]

The following appears to be a false positive in checkpatch:

ERROR: space prohibited after that '*' (ctx:BxW)
#163: FILE: drivers/usb/core/usb.c:304:
+#define usb_device_pm_ops      (* (struct pm_ops *) 0)
                                 ^

Certainly this is a rather uncommon code construction, but similar
ones might occur elsewhere.  To my eyes,

	(* (type *) ptr)

looks better than

	(*(type *) ptr)

or

	(*(type *)ptr)

or even

	(*(type*)ptr)

but of course this is a matter of opinion.  Is there any strong feeling 
about this in the kernel community?

Alan Stern

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