linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: Improve quoted string and line continuation test

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Date:   Tue, 19 Dec 2017 07:54:14 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:     Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Improve quoted string and line continuation test

Given this patch context,

+#define EFI_ST_DISK_IMG { \
+       0x00000240, "\xbe\x5b\x7c\xac\x22\xc0\x74\x0b" /* .[|.".t. */ \
+       }

the current code misreports a quoted string line continuation defect
as there is a single quote in comment.

The 'raw' line should not be tested for quote count, the comment
substituted line should be instead.

Reported-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk@....de>
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 168687ae24fa..7c635146cb80 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5312,7 +5312,7 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # check for line continuations in quoted strings with odd counts of "
-		if ($rawline =~ /\\$/ && $rawline =~ tr/"/"/ % 2) {
+		if ($rawline =~ /\\$/ && $sline =~ tr/"/"/ % 2) {
 			WARN("LINE_CONTINUATIONS",
 			     "Avoid line continuations in quoted strings\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
-- 
2.15.0