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checkpatch: exclude drivers/staging from if with unnecessary parentheses test

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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>
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Joe Perches 2018-02-06 15:39:03 -08:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent a134f8de9f
commit a032aa4c4a
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@ -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);