Re: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Allow '+' in compatible strings

From: Rob Herring
Date: Tue Jul 14 2020 - 12:21:53 EST


On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 3:41 AM Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> From: Thierry Reding <treding@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> The current checks will interpret a '+' character as special because
> they use regular expression matching. Escape the '+' character if it
> appears in a compatible string.

Ugg, looks like c6x really liked using '+'. Might need to be added in
schema checks, too. Not sure offhand.

Rob