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| -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); |
