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| author | Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> | 2018-02-06 15:39:03 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-02-06 18:32:45 -0800 |
| commit | a032aa4c4a54c25f204358248db08a0966d3513c (patch) | |
| tree | b30c2286402b5e39c2203569099437a3a3c7efee /scripts | |
| parent | a134f8de9f4014dad35884b3cc211028f0a76c7a (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-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 |
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); |