for if else statements having single block no braces are needed fixed the following checkpatch warning WARNING: braces {} are not necessary for any arm of this statement + if (!prev_node) { [...] + } else { [...] Signed-off-by: tiantao <tiantao6@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/acpi/acpica/nsaccess.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsaccess.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsaccess.c index 2566e2d..7cef22a 100644 --- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsaccess.c +++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/nsaccess.c @@ -109,11 +109,10 @@ acpi_status acpi_ns_root_initialize(void) new_node->descriptor_type = ACPI_DESC_TYPE_NAMED; new_node->type = init_val->type; - if (!prev_node) { + if (!prev_node) acpi_gbl_root_node_struct.child = new_node; - } else { + else prev_node->peer = new_node; - } new_node->parent = &acpi_gbl_root_node_struct; prev_node = new_node; -- 2.7.4