[kernelnewbies]a question about checkpatch.pl

[Joe Perches]

On Sun, 2014-06-08 at 11:44 -0700, anish singh wrote:
> Joe can help you with that.
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jun 8, 2014 at 7:29 AM, lx <lxlenovostar at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > hi all:
> > I used the script of checkpatch.pl, but some error messages appeared.
> > ##########################################
> > [root at localhost kernel_test]# perl checkpatch.pl -f task_01.c
> > Nested quantifiers in regex; marked by <-- HERE in m/(\((?:[^\(\)]++ <--
> > HERE |(?-1))*\))/ at checkpatch.pl line 444.
> > ##########################################
> > This is something with checkpatch.pl ? How to fix it.

Use a newer version of perl.
5.10 or higher.