linux-kernel - Re: checkpatch confused by pre-existing #endif

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Date:	Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:45:39 +0000
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
To:	Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: checkpatch confused by pre-existing #endif

On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 04:57:43PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> This patch confuses checkpatch.pl from Linux 2.6.29-rc1:
> 
> ====================
> --- foo.h.old	2009-01-13 16:48:22.000000000 -0500
> +++ foo.h	2009-01-13 16:48:18.000000000 -0500
> @@ -3,4 +3,8 @@
>  
>  
>  
> +#ifdef FOOBAR
> +#define foo
> +#endif
> +
>  #endif /* FOO_H */
> ====================
> 
> $ scripts/checkpatch.pl foo.diff 
> Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY reference at
> scripts/checkpatch.pl line 453.
> 
> Apparently, the last #endif causes some data to be popped from the stack
> for preprocessor directives.  However, the corresponding #ifdef is
> outside the patch, so this fails.

Yes this should be fixed in the changes pushed up to Andrew.  You can
confirm this using the version here:

  http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/apw/checkpatch/checkpatch.pl-testing

-apw
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