linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/9] checkpatch: comment detection may miss an implied comment on the last hunk

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Date:	Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:06:32 +0100
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>
Cc:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	Joel Schopp <jschopp@...tin.ibm.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
Subject: [PATCH 2/9] checkpatch: comment detection may miss an implied comment on the last hunk

When detecting implied comments from leading stars we may incorrectly
think we have detected an edge one way or the other when we have not
if we drop off the end of the last hunk.  Fix this up.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index dbbf96f..beae539 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1097,8 +1097,8 @@ sub process {
 					 $rawlines[$ln - 1] =~ /^-/);
 				$cnt--;
 				#print "RAW<$rawlines[$ln - 1]>\n";
-				($edge) = (defined $rawlines[$ln - 1] &&
-					$rawlines[$ln - 1] =~ m@(/\*|\*/)@);
+				last if (!defined $rawlines[$ln - 1]);
+				($edge) = ($rawlines[$ln - 1] =~ m@(/\*|\*/)@);
 				last if (defined $edge);
 			}
 			if (defined $edge && $edge eq '*/') {
-- 
1.6.0.2.711.gf1ba4

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