Re: [BUG] checkpatch.pl with commit 058806007450489bb8f457b275e5cb5c946320c1

[Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>]

On Wed, 2012-10-24 at 13:51 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-10-24 at 07:12 -0700, Joe Perches wrote:
> > On Wed, 2012-10-24 at 04:00 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> > > With the recent commit to checkpatch.pl:
> > > 
> > > commit 058806007450489bb8f457b275e5cb5c946320c1
> > > Author: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
> > > Date:   Thu Oct 4 17:13:35 2012 -0700
> > > 
> > >     checkpatch: check networking specific block comment style
> > > 
> > > We are seeing false positive warnings.  Here is an example of the
> > > code the would generate a false warning:
> > > 
> > > #define foo	0x0000 /* foo comment */
> > > 
> > > checkpatch.pl generates a warnings that the */ should be on a separate
> > > line, which in this case is incorrect.
> > 
> > Sorry 'bout that.  I believe it's fixed by:
> > https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/14/267
> > 
> 
> Yes, I confirm that the patch in the link you provided solves the issue
> I was seeing.  Thanks, has the patch been accepted yet?  I see it is not
> in Dave's NET tree as of yet.

Andrew Morton generally picks up my checkpatch twiddles.
It's in -next as of next-20121024.

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