[LU-13726] checkpatch.pl print empty correction string if mistake string have '('

• Type: Bug
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Priority: Minor
• Severity: 3
• Assignee: WC Triage
• Reporter: Arshad Hussain

Description

checkpatch.pl print empty correction string if mistake string have '('

 

These input (mistake string) prints empty correction string.

1. ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR||ERR_CAST
2. ERR_PTR.PTR_ERR||ERR_CAST

Error Eg:

CHECK: 'ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(' may be misspelled - perhaps ''?
#185: FILE: ./lustre/mdt/mdt_identity.c:185:
+ return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(entry));