Re: checkpatch.pl: never finishes w/ specific file

From: Andy Whitcroft
Date: Wed Mar 16 2011 - 07:48:18 EST


On Wed, Mar 02, 2011 at 05:31:01PM +0100, Toralf Förster wrote:
> Hello,
>
> this runs infinitely :
>
> ./scripts/checkpatch.pl --file ./drivers/staging/rtl8192u/r819xU_firmware_img.c
>
> Is this a known behaviour of checkpatch.pl ?

That one may be already fixed in my development version. The form of
the file is familiar.

Could you try your file with the one below and let me know:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/apw/checkpatch/checkpatch.pl-testing

-apw
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