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Subject: checkpatch: ## is not a valid modifier
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checkpatch-is-not-a-valid-modifier.patch
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From: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: ## is not a valid modifier
Inserting a # into the modifiers list will incorrectly add the null string
to the modifiers list, leading to an infinite loop. As neither of these
is a valid modifier form simply ignore them.
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-is-not-a-valid-modifier scripts/checkpatch.pl
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-is-not-a-valid-modifier
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1224,7 +1224,9 @@ sub possible {
case|
else|
asm|__asm__|
- do
+ do|
+ \#|
+ \#\#|
)(?:\s|$)|
^(?:typedef|struct|enum)\b
)}x;
_
Subject: Subject: checkpatch: ## is not a valid modifier
Patches currently in -mm which might be from apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
checkpatch-correctly-track-the-end-of-preprocessor-commands-in-context.patch
checkpatch-check-for-common-memset-parameter-issues-against-statments.patch
checkpatch-improve-memset-and-min-max-with-cast-checking.patch
checkpatch-is-not-a-valid-modifier.patch
checkpatch-optimise-statement-scanner-when-mid-statement.patch
checkpatch-only-apply-kconfig-help-checks-for-options-which-prompt.patch
checkpatch-fix-export_symbol-handling-following-a-function.patch
checkpatch-complex-macro-should-allow-the-empty-do-while-loop.patch
checkpatch-fix-return-is-not-a-function-square-bracket-handling.patch
checkpatch-fix-complex-macros-handling-of-square-brackets.patch
checkpatch-ensure-cast-type-is-unique-in-the-context-parser.patch
checkpatch-typeof-may-have-more-complex-arguments.patch
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