The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: don't warn about extra parentheses in staging/
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch. Its filename is
checkpatch-dont-warn-about-extra-parentheses-in-staging.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/checkpatch-dont-warn-about-extra-parentheses-in-staging.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: don't warn about extra parentheses in staging/
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:12:17 +0300
This "Unnecessary parentheses" warning is disabled for drivers/staging
unless the --strict option is used. Really, we don't want it at all even
if the --strict option is used.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/c7278d21-d96c-4c1e-b3bf-f82b8decc5df@stanley.mountain
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-dont-warn-about-extra-parentheses-in-staging
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5503,9 +5503,9 @@ sub process {
}
}
-# check for unnecessary parentheses around comparisons in if uses
-# when !drivers/staging or command-line uses --strict
- if (($realfile !~ m@^(?:drivers/staging/)@ || $check_orig) &&
+# check for unnecessary parentheses around comparisons
+# except in drivers/staging
+ if (($realfile !~ m@^(?:drivers/staging/)@) &&
$perl_version_ok && defined($stat) &&
$stat =~ /(^.\s*if\s*($balanced_parens))/) {
my $if_stat = $1;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx are
squashfs-convert-squashfs_copy_cache-to-take-a-folio-fix.patch
checkpatch-dont-warn-about-extra-parentheses-in-staging.patch
