[PATCH 03/11] checkpatch: ## is not a valid modifier

[Andy Whitcroft]

Inserting a # into the modifiers list will incorrectly add the null string
to the modifiers list, leading to an infinite loop.  As neither of these
is a valid modifier form simply ignore them.

Reported-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e07c36a..6dad5dd 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1223,7 +1223,9 @@ sub possible {
 			case|
 			else|
 			asm|__asm__|
-			do
+			do|
+			\#|
+			\#\#|
 		)(?:\s|$)|
 		^(?:typedef|struct|enum)\b
 	    )}x;
-- 
1.7.5.4

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