From: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: fix unescaped left brace There is an unescaped left brace in a regex in OPEN_BRACE check. This throws a runtime error when checkpatch is run with --fix flag and the OPEN_BRACE check is executed. Fix it by escaping the left brace. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201115202928.81955-1-dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx Fixes: 8d1824780f2f ("checkpatch: add --fix option for a couple OPEN_BRACE misuses") Signed-off-by: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-fix-unescaped-left-brace +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -4505,7 +4505,7 @@ sub process { $fix) { fix_delete_line($fixlinenr, $rawline); my $fixed_line = $rawline; - $fixed_line =~ /(^..*$Type\s*$Ident\(.*\)\s*){(.*)$/; + $fixed_line =~ /(^..*$Type\s*$Ident\(.*\)\s*)\{(.*)$/; my $line1 = $1; my $line2 = $2; fix_insert_line($fixlinenr, ltrim($line1)); _
