linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/5] checkpatch: fix hang in relative indent checking

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Date:	Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:14:48 -0700
From:	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/5] checkpatch: fix hang in relative indent checking

I ran this command on v2.6.31 ,

./scripts/checkpatch.pl --file net/decnet/dn_fib.c

which resulted in checkpatch hanging without any output.

The lines that cause the hang are,

#define for_nexthops(fi) { int nhsel; const struct dn_fib_nh *nh;\
        for(nhsel = 0, nh = (fi)->fib_nh; nhsel < (fi)->fib_nhs; nh++, nhsel++)

The hang happend in the relative indent checking code. Checkpatch has the
following comment around the relative indent checking block,

# Also ignore a loop construct at the end of a
# preprocessor statement.

Since the line it's hanging on exactly fits the comment it shouldn't even be
checking this line. To resolve this I just prevent the checking like the
comment says should happen.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Walker <dwalker@...o99.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 09bab22..1c48a6c 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1519,7 +1519,7 @@ sub process {
 
 			my $cond_ptr = -1;
 			$continuation = 0;
-			while ($cond_ptr != $cond_lines) {
+			while ($check && $cond_ptr != $cond_lines) {
 				$cond_ptr = $cond_lines;
 
 				# If we see an #else/#elif then the code
-- 
1.5.6.3

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