From: Heba Aamer <[email protected]> Improve the format specifier test by removing any %% before looking for any remaining % format specifier.
Signed-off-by: Heba Aamer <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 059c032..7f1804e 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -4854,7 +4854,8 @@ sub process { # check for seq_printf uses that could be seq_puts if ($sline =~ /\bseq_printf\s*\(.*"\s*\)\s*;\s*$/) { my $fmt = get_quoted_string($line, $rawline); - if ($fmt ne "" && $fmt !~ /[^\\]\%/) { + $fmt =~ s/%%//g; + if ($fmt !~ /%/) { if (WARN("PREFER_SEQ_PUTS", "Prefer seq_puts to seq_printf\n" . $herecurr) && $fix) { -- 2.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/

