linux-kernel - Re: */ in string confuses checkpatch.pl

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Date:	Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:21:31 +0900
From:	Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@...ove.SAKURA.ne.jp>
To:	apw@...dowen.org
Cc:	rdunlap@...otime.net, jschopp@...tin.ibm.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: */ in string confuses checkpatch.pl

Hello.

Andy Whitcroft wrote:
> Ok, I can see whats happened here.  Most of these \'s are extraneous.
> Without those I can reproduce this.  Its a bug in the 'comment is open
> at the start of hunk' detection.  I think I have updated this heuristic
> to cope wit this.  Could you try your original patch (I assume there was
> one) with the version below:
> 
>   http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/apw/checkpatch/checkpatch.pl-testing
> 
> Thanks for your report.
> 
> -apw
> 
It solved this problem.

By the way, I'm using checkpatch.pl for checking userland application.
It would be convenient if there is a option that omits some checks like
'# check for external initialisers.' and '# check for static initialisers.'

Thank you.
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