The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: add --strict check for ifs with unnecessary parentheses
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
checkpatch-add-strict-check-for-ifs-with-unnecessary-parentheses.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: add --strict check for ifs with unnecessary parentheses
An if statement test like
if ((foo == bar) && (baz != qux))
can arguably be better written without the parentheses as
if (foo == bar && baz != qux)
Add a test to find these cases.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/dcd0561ddd0fa43c51a420d53b550d738bf42001.1502734458.git.joe@xxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-strict-check-for-ifs-with-unnecessary-parentheses scripts/checkpatch.pl
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-strict-check-for-ifs-with-unnecessary-parentheses
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4521,6 +4521,30 @@ sub process {
}
}
+# check for unnecessary parentheses around comparisons in if uses
+ if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 && defined($stat) &&
+ $stat =~ /(^.\s*if\s*($balanced_parens))/) {
+ my $if_stat = $1;
+ my $test = substr($2, 1, -1);
+ my $herectx;
+ while ($test =~ /(?:^|[^\w\&\!\~])+\s*\(\s*([\&\!\~]?\s*$Lval\s*(?:$Compare\s*$FuncArg)?)\s*\)/g) {
+ my $match = $1;
+ # avoid parentheses around potential macro args
+ next if ($match =~ /^\s*\w+\s*$/);
+ if (!defined($herectx)) {
+ $herectx = $here . "\n";
+ my $cnt = statement_rawlines($if_stat);
+ for (my $n = 0; $n < $cnt; $n++) {
+ my $rl = raw_line($linenr, $n);
+ $herectx .= $rl . "\n";
+ last if $rl =~ /^[ \+].*\{/;
+ }
+ }
+ CHK("UNNECESSARY_PARENTHESES",
+ "Unnecessary parentheses around '$match'\n" . $herectx);
+ }
+ }
+
#goto labels aren't indented, allow a single space however
if ($line=~/^.\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+:(?![0-9]+)/ and
!($line=~/^. [A-Za-z\d_]+:/) and !($line=~/^.\s+default:/)) {
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are
parse-maintainers-add-ability-to-specify-filenames.patch
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