linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Remove unnecessary + after {8,8}

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sun, 31 Aug 2014 13:58:50 -0700
From:	Sören Brinkmann <soren.brinkmann@...inx.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
CC:	Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	<devel@...verdev.osuosl.org>,
	kernel-janitors <kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org>,
	<kernelnewbies@...nelnewbies.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Remove unnecessary + after {8,8}

Hi Joe,

On Fri, 2014-07-11 at 07:09PM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> There's a useless "+" use that needs to be removed as perl 5.20
> emits a "Useless use of greediness modifier '+'" message each
> time it's hit.

I saw this Perl warning today as well and wondered whether this patch is
coming or not. Apparently it's not in linux-next (yet).

	Thanks,
	Sören
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/