Re: scripts/checkpatch.pl : undefined value as an ARRAY reference

["Jaswinder Singh Rajput" <jaswinderlinux@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 6:34 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
>
> * Jaswinder Singh Rajput <jaswinderlinux@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello Andy,
>>
>> On -tip git I am getting this error:
>>
>> $ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl 000*
>> Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY reference at
>> ./scripts/checkpatch.pl line 451.
>>
>> But earlier it was working great. Is this a feature or a bug.
>
> bug.
>
> One for the akpm bucket i think, Andrew pushed v26 checkpatch to Linus
> yesterday:
>
> 57b9c6d: checkpatch: version: 0.26
> 21caa13: checkpatch: fix the perlcritic errors
> 2b6db5c: checkpatch: struct file_operations should normally be const
> b53c8e1: checkpatch: ensure we actually detect if assignments split across lines
> 2d1bafd: checkpatch: do not report nr_static as a static declaration
> 4635f4f: checkpatch: track #ifdef/#else/#endif when tracking blocks
> 8b1b337: checkpatch: fix continuation detection when handling spacing on operators
> 8054576: checkpatch: loosen spacing on typedef function checks
> 080ba92: checkpatch: try to catch missing VMLINUX_SYMBOL() in vmlinux.lds.h
> 86f9d05: checkpatch: allow parentheses on return for comparisons
> 1e85572: checkpatch: Add warning for p0-patches
> 2a5a2c2: checkpatch: update copyrights
> 50a7dcf: checkpatch: version: 0.25
> 6586386: checkpatch: dissallow spaces between stars in pointer types
> fae17da: checkpatch: comment ends inside strings is most likely not an open comment
> 8e761b0: checkpatch: detect multiple bitfield declarations
> 5fe3af1: checkpatch: __weak is an official attribute
> 383099f: checkpatch: structure member assignments are not complex
> 83242e0: checkpatch: widen implied comment detection to allow multiple stars
> 721c1cb: checkpatch: comment detection may miss an implied comment on the last hunk
> 691d77b6: checkpatch: add checks for in_atomic()
>
> one of those is causing this new warning.
>

it seems error to me :

./scripts/checkpatch.pl
0007-x86-smp.h-move-boot_cpu_id-declartion-to-cpu.h.patch
Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY reference at
./scripts/checkpatch.pl line 453.

yesterday it was working great.

Thanks
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JSR