[PATCH v2] checkpatch: Fix regex for do without braces

From: Dwaipayan Ray
Date: Sun Jun 27 2021 - 14:49:46 EST


The regular expression for detecting do without braces
also passes when checkpatch encounters the "double"
keyword. This causes wrong recalculation of $stat in
checkpatch which can cause false positives.

Fix the regex to avoid the above. Also update the comments
for the check.

Reported-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx>
---

Changes in v2:
- Check word boundary on both sides of do

scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 8d19beca3538..64036e7eff71 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5488,9 +5488,8 @@ sub process {
}
}

-# Check for illegal assignment in if conditional -- and check for trailing
-# statements after the conditional.
- if ($line =~ /do\s*(?!{)/) {
+# If we have sufficient context detect and handle do without braces ({).
+ if ($line =~ /\bdo\b\s*(?!{)/) {
($stat, $cond, $line_nr_next, $remain_next, $off_next) =
ctx_statement_block($linenr, $realcnt, 0)
if (!defined $stat);
@@ -5511,6 +5510,9 @@ sub process {
$offset} = 1;
}
}
+
+# Check for illegal assignment in if conditional -- and check for trailing
+# statements after the conditional.
if (!defined $suppress_whiletrailers{$linenr} &&
defined($stat) && defined($cond) &&
$line =~ /\b(?:if|while|for)\s*\(/ && $line !~ /^.\s*#/) {
--
2.28.0