[PATCH 3/7] checkpatch: handle comment/quote nesting correctly

[Andy Whitcroft]

Ensure that a close comment cannot incorrectly trigger in the middle
of a string.  Reported by Jaswinder Singh.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jaswinder Singh <jaswinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 5382f72..18646f0 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ sub sanitise_line {
 			$off++;
 			next;
 		}
-		if (substr($line, $off, 2) eq '*/') {
+		if ($sanitise_quote eq '*/' && substr($line, $off, 2) eq '*/') {
 			$sanitise_quote = '';
 			substr($res, $off, 2, "$;$;");
 			$off++;
-- 
1.6.0.rc1.258.g80295

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