Re: [BUG] checkpatch.pl with commit058806007450489bb8f457b275e5cb5c946320c1

[Jeff Kirsher]

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@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 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.

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