Re: checkpatch.pl is getting too slow

[Andy Whitcroft]

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 10:55:07AM -0800, Greg KH wrote:
> Hi Andy,
> 
> I've noticed that checkpatch.pl is getting slower and slower when run on
> a whole file, but yesterday I realized that it now is pretty much
> unusable:
> 
> $ time ./scripts/checkpatch.pl --file drivers/staging/uc2322/aten2011.c
> 
> <snip>
> total: 168 errors, 126 warnings, 3939 lines checked
> 
> drivers/staging/uc2322/aten2011.c has style problems, please review.  If any of these errors
> are false positives report them to the maintainer, see
> CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
> 
> real	8m7.924s
> user	8m7.058s
> sys	0m0.116s

That is scarey indeed.  Something is very wrong in there if it went back
to a more reasonable 10's of seconds with a few patches.  I will have a
look at the file you attached and see what I can find.

Thanks for the heads up.

-apw
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