linux-kernel - Re: asterisk-slash sequence in quoted string confuses checkpatch.pl

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Date:	Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:14:37 +0100
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
To:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
Cc:	rdunlap@...otime.net, jschopp@...tin.ibm.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: asterisk-slash sequence in quoted string confuses checkpatch.pl

On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 08:25:09PM +0900, Tetsuo Handa wrote:
> [Reposting since the webmail system broke the code by adding backslashes. ]
> 
> Hello.
> 
> The below code confuses checkpatch.pl ver 0.21.
> 
> Regards.
> ----------
> # cat /tmp/foo.c
> void foo(void)
> {
> 	bar(" /proc/\\*/");
> 	bar(" /proc/\\$/");
> }
> # /usr/src/vanilla/linux-2.6.27.2/scripts/checkpatch.pl --file /tmp/foo.c
> ERROR: need consistent spacing around '/' (ctx:WxV)
> #4: FILE: tmp/foo.c:4:
> +       bar(" /proc/\\$/");

We believe that this is fixed in the latest release, and indeed I believe
you have acked.  But I'll reply again here for completeness.

-apw
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