1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index fd6481649258..aa009a3b5b81 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -356,6 +356,13 @@ sub sanitise_line {
                         $off++;
                         next;
                 }
+                if ($sanitise_quote eq '' && substr($line, $off, 2) eq '//') {
+                        $sanitise_quote = '//';
+
+                        substr($res, $off, 2, $sanitise_quote);
+                        $off++;
+                        next;
+                }
 
                 # A \ in a string means ignore the next character.
                 if (($sanitise_quote eq "'" || $sanitise_quote eq '"') &&
@@ -379,6 +386,8 @@ sub sanitise_line {
                 #print "c<$c> SQ<$sanitise_quote>\n";
                 if ($off != 0 && $sanitise_quote eq '*/' && $c ne "\t") {
                         substr($res, $off, 1, $;);
+                } elsif ($off != 0 && $sanitise_quote eq '//' && $c ne "\t") {
+                        substr($res, $off, 1, $;);
                 } elsif ($off != 0 && $sanitise_quote && $c ne "\t") {
                         substr($res, $off, 1, 'X');
                 } else {
@@ -386,6 +395,10 @@ sub sanitise_line {
                 }
         }
 
+        if ($sanitise_quote eq '//') {
+                $sanitise_quote = '';
+        }
+
         # The pathname on a #include may be surrounded by '<' and '>'.
         if ($res =~ /^.\s*\#\s*include\s+\<(.*)\>/) {
                 my $clean = 'X' x length($1);