netdev - [BUG] checkpatch.pl with commit 058806007450489bb8f457b275e5cb5c946320c1

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Date:	Wed, 24 Oct 2012 04:00:21 -0700
From:	Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	netdev <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [BUG] checkpatch.pl with commit
 058806007450489bb8f457b275e5cb5c946320c1

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.

I apologize for not digging into the checkpatch.pl code to provide a
fix, I figure Joe (or anyone else with great checkpatch kung fu) can
figure out the issue and fix it faster than I could. :-)

Cheers,
Jeff

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