linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: fix use via symlink, make missing spelling file non-fatal

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Message-ID: <20141024090252.GC2910@bark>
Date:	Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:02:52 +0100
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
To:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>,
	Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: fix use via symlink, make missing spelling
 file non-fatal

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 10:29:11AM -0700, Joe Perches wrote:

[...]
>  my $P = $0;
> -$P =~ s@(.*)/@@g;
> -my $D = $1;
> +my $D = dirname(abs_path($P));

That changes the value of $P, I don't know if that is intended:

  my $D = dirname(abs_path($0));

or

  my $D = abs_path($1);

perhaps to keep $P as it was.

-apw
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