linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] checkpatch: revert broken NOTIFIER

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Date:   Mon, 12 Aug 2019 11:30:36 +1000
From:   Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
To:     john.hubbard@...il.com
Cc:     Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        Gilad Ben-Yossef <gilad@...yossef.com>,
        Ofir Drang <ofir.drang@....com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] checkpatch: revert broken NOTIFIER_HEAD check

Hi John,

On Sun, 11 Aug 2019 15:54:43 -0700 john.hubbard@...il.com wrote:
>
> From: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
> 
> commit 1a47005dd5aa ("checkpatch: add *_NOTIFIER_HEAD as var
> definition") causes the following warning when run on some
> patches:
> 
> Unescaped left brace in regex is passed through in regex;
> marked by < --HERE in m/(?:
> ...
>    [238 lines of appalling perl output, mercifully not included]
> ...
> )/ at ./scripts/checkpatch.pl line 3889.
> 
> This is broken, so revert it until a better solution is found.
> 
> Fixes: 1a47005dd5aa ("checkpatch: add *_NOTIFIER_HEAD as var
> definition")

Thanks for the report.

I have removed that patch from linux-next today.

-- 
Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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