linux-kernel - Re: [BUG] checkpatch.pl with commit 058806007450489bb8f457b275e5cb5c946320c1

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Date:	Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:26:41 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [BUG] checkpatch.pl with commit
 058806007450489bb8f457b275e5cb5c946320c1

On Wed, 2012-10-24 at 13:51 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-10-24 at 07:12 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Wed, 2012-10-24 at 04:00 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> > > With the recent commit to checkpatch.pl:
> > > 
> > > commit 058806007450489bb8f457b275e5cb5c946320c1
> > > Author: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
> > > Date:   Thu Oct 4 17:13:35 2012 -0700
> > > 
> > >     checkpatch: check networking specific block comment style
> > > 
> > > We are seeing false positive warnings.  Here is an example of the
> > > code the would generate a false warning:
> > > 
> > > #define foo	0x0000 /* foo comment */
> > > 
> > > checkpatch.pl generates a warnings that the */ should be on a separate
> > > line, which in this case is incorrect.
> > 
> > Sorry 'bout that.  I believe it's fixed by:
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/14/267
> > 
> 
> Yes, I confirm that the patch in the link you provided solves the issue
> I was seeing.  Thanks, has the patch been accepted yet?  I see it is not
> in Dave's NET tree as of yet.

Andrew Morton generally picks up my checkpatch twiddles.
It's in -next as of next-20121024.

commit db64ad0e6f55197bc3794bef007a25f2db4760fb


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