On Fri, 2014-07-11 at 18:39 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 06:21:27PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote: > > A simple script to run checkpatch --fix for various types of > > of cleanups. ] > drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/api.h has no obvious style problems and is ready for submission. > file: <drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/api.h> description: <update c90 comment style> types:<c99_comments> > Useless use of greediness modifier '+' in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/(^\+.*) {8,8}+ <-- HERE \t/ at ./scripts/checkpatch.pl line 2217. [] > drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/api.h has no obvious style problems and is ready for submission. [] > Is that expected? No, I haven't seen that. Can you tell me what git tree you're working on? Also, can you use the scripts/checkpatch from -next tag next-20140711 My system has: $ perl --version This is perl 5, version 18, subversion 2 (v5.18.2) built for i686-linux-gnu-thread-multi-64int (with 41 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail) Copyright 1987-2013, Larry Wall Perl may be copied only under the terms of either the Artistic License or the GNU General Public License, which may be found in the Perl 5 source kit. Complete documentation for Perl, including FAQ lists, should be found on this system using "man perl" or "perldoc perl". If you have access to the Internet, point your browser at http://www.perl.org/, the Perl Home Page. and using that: $ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f --strict drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/api.h --types=c99_comments total: 0 errors, 0 warnings, 0 checks, 220 lines checked NOTE: Used message types: C99_COMMENTS drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/lnet/api.h has no obvious style problems and is ready for submission. _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies