Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] checkpatch: port fix from kernel "## is not a valid modifier"

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 09/02/2015 13:18, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
> From: Andy Whitcroft <address@hidden>
> 
> checkpatch currently loops on fpu/softfloat.c
> Turns out this is fixed in the Linux version of checkpatch.
> 
> So this is a port of Andy Whitcrofts fix from Linux,
> Original commit was commit 89a883530fe7 ("checkpatch: ## is not a
> valid modifier")

I think you need to send it as a toplevel patch for Peter to pick it up.

Paolo

> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <address@hidden>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <address@hidden>
> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 5df61f9..8635f4c 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -1061,7 +1061,9 @@ sub possible {
>                       case|
>                       else|
>                       asm|__asm__|
> -                     do
> +                     do|
> +                     \#|
> +                     \#\#|
>               )(?:\s|$)|
>               ^(?:typedef|struct|enum)\b
>           )}x;
>