[PATCH next] checkpatch: Fix perl version 5.12 and earlier incompatibility

commit 203489a33 ("checkpatch: add --types option to report only specific message types") uses a perl syntax introduced in perl version 5.14. Use the backward compatible perl syntax instead. Reported-by: Julia Lawall Signed-off-by: Joe Perches --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++-- 1 file

[PATCH next] checkpatch: Fix perl version 5.12 and earlier incompatibility

commit 203489a33 (checkpatch: add --types option to report only specific message types) uses a perl syntax introduced in perl version 5.14. Use the backward compatible perl syntax instead. Reported-by: Julia Lawall julia.law...@lip6.fr Signed-off-by: Joe Perches j...@perches.com ---