linux-kernel - [BUG] checkpatch.pl: false warning 'Avoid line continuations in quoted strings'

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Message-Id: <20171218225110.10486-1-xypron.glpk@gmx.de>
Date:   Mon, 18 Dec 2017 23:51:10 +0100
From:   Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
To:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
Subject: [BUG] checkpatch.pl: false warning 'Avoid line continuations in quoted strings'

This patch creates a false warning
WARNING: Avoid line continuations in quoted strings

A '"' in a comment is not the start of a quoted string.

Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
---
 foo.h | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 foo.h

diff --git a/foo.h b/foo.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9e8cddc04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/foo.h
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#define EFI_ST_DISK_IMG { \
+	0x00000240, "\xbe\x5b\x7c\xac\x22\xc0\x74\x0b" /* .[|.".t. */ \
+	}
-- 
2.15.1