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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2018-02-06 15:39:03 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2018-02-06 18:32:45 -0800
commita032aa4c4a54c25f204358248db08a0966d3513c (patch)
treeb30c2286402b5e39c2203569099437a3a3c7efee /scripts
parenta134f8de9f4014dad35884b3cc211028f0a76c7a (diff)
checkpatch: exclude drivers/staging from if with unnecessary parentheses test
Greg KH doesn't like this test so exclude the staging directory from the implied --strict only test unless --strict is actually used on the command-line. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1515704034.9619.165.camel@perches.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d2464058ab5d..3a7499de2c2d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4526,7 +4526,9 @@ sub process {
}
# check for unnecessary parentheses around comparisons in if uses
- if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 && defined($stat) &&
+# when !drivers/staging or command-line uses --strict
+ if (($realfile !~ m@^(?:drivers/staging/)@ || $check_orig) &&
+ $^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 && defined($stat) &&
$stat =~ /(^.\s*if\s*($balanced_parens))/) {
my $if_stat = $1;
my $test = substr($2, 1, -1);