checkpatch: ## is not a valid modifier
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.
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Reported-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 4c53d6f..b4390cf 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1224,7 +1224,9 @@
case|
else|
asm|__asm__|
- do
+ do|
+ \#|
+ \#\#|
)(?:\s|$)|
^(?:typedef|struct|enum)\b
)}x;
