1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gdb/contrib/ari/gdb_ari.sh b/gdb/contrib/ari/gdb_ari.sh
index d5e2a97..b0fdbf4 100644
--- a/gdb/contrib/ari/gdb_ari.sh
+++ b/gdb/contrib/ari/gdb_ari.sh
@@ -609,7 +609,11 @@ BEGIN { doc["OP eol"] = "\
 Do not use &&, or || at the end of a line"
     category["OP eol"] = ari_code
 }
-/(\|\||\&\&|==|!=)[[:space:]]*$/ {
+# * operator needs a special treatment as it can be a
+# valid end of line for a pointer type definition
+# Only catch case where an assignment or an opening brace is present
+/(\|\||\&\&|==|!=|[[:space:]][+\-\/])[[:space:]]*$/ \
+|| /(\(|=)[[:space:]].*[[:space:]]\*[[:space:]]*$/ {
     fail("OP eol")
 }