The patch titled Subject: checkpatch: add --fix option for ASSIGN_IN_IF has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was checkpatch-add-fix-option-for-assign_in_if.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: add --fix option for ASSIGN_IN_IF Add a --fix option for 2 types of single-line assignment in if statements if ((foo = bar(...)) < BAZ) { expands to: foo = bar(..); if (foo < BAZ) { and if ((foo = bar(...)) { expands to: foo = bar(...); if (foo) { if statements with assignments spanning multiple lines are not converted with the --fix option. if statements with additional logic are also not converted. e.g.: if ((foo = bar(...)) & BAZ == BAZ) { Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/9bc7c782516f37948f202deba511bc95ed279bbd.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-fix-option-for-assign_in_if +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -5020,8 +5020,30 @@ sub process { my ($s, $c) = ($stat, $cond); if ($c =~ /\bif\s*\(.*[^<>!=]=[^=].*/s) { - ERROR("ASSIGN_IN_IF", - "do not use assignment in if condition\n" . $herecurr); + if (ERROR("ASSIGN_IN_IF", + "do not use assignment in if condition\n" . $herecurr) && + $fix && $perl_version_ok) { + if ($rawline =~ /^\+(\s+)if\s*\(\s*(\!)?\s*\(\s*(($Lval)\s*=\s*$LvalOrFunc)\s*\)\s*(?:($Compare)\s*($FuncArg))?\s*\)\s*(\{)?\s*$/) { + my $space = $1; + my $not = $2; + my $statement = $3; + my $assigned = $4; + my $test = $8; + my $against = $9; + my $brace = $15; + fix_delete_line($fixlinenr, $rawline); + fix_insert_line($fixlinenr, "$space$statement;"); + my $newline = "${space}if ("; + $newline .= '!' if defined($not); + $newline .= '(' if (defined $not && defined($test) && defined($against)); + $newline .= "$assigned"; + $newline .= " $test $against" if (defined($test) && defined($against)); + $newline .= ')' if (defined $not && defined($test) && defined($against)); + $newline .= ')'; + $newline .= " {" if (defined($brace)); + fix_insert_line($fixlinenr + 1, $newline); + } + } } # Find out what is on the end of the line after the _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are checkpatch-test-git_dir-changes.patch