linux-kernel - Re: checkpatch.pl: never finishes w/ specific file

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Date:	Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:47:52 +0000
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
To:	Toralf Förster <toralf.foerster@....de>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: checkpatch.pl: never finishes w/ specific file

On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 05:31:01PM +0100, Toralf Förster wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> this runs infinitely :
> 
> ./scripts/checkpatch.pl --file ./drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r819xU_firmware_img.c
> 
> Is this a known behaviour of checkpatch.pl  ?

That one may be already fixed in my development version.  The form of
the file is familiar.

Could you try your file with the one below and let me know:

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

-apw
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