Re: Infinite loop in checkpatch.pl

[Joe Perches]

On Fri, 2023-03-03 at 15:28 +0100, Alexander Potapenko wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I've noticed that checkpatch.pl chokes on the following file (also attached):
> 
> ==================================
> $ cat test-checkpatch.txt
> diff --git a/mm/kmsan/kmsan_test.c b/mm/kmsan/kmsan_test.c
> @@ -504,6 +504,25 @@ static void
> test_memcpy_aligned_to_unaligned2(struct kunit *test)
> + EXPECTATION_NO_REPORT(expect);                              \
> + volatile uint##size##_t uninit;                             \

checkpatch isn't a syntax complete c parser.  Don't expect to be.