checkpatch: exclude drivers/staging from if with unnecessary parentheses test

From: Joe Perches
Date: Thu Jan 11 2018 - 15:54:01 EST


Greg KH doesn't like this test so exclude the staging directory
from the implied --strict only test unless --strict is actually
used on the command-line.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d2464058ab5d..3a7499de2c2d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4526,7 +4526,9 @@ sub process {
}

# check for unnecessary parentheses around comparisons in if uses
- if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 && defined($stat) &&
+# when !drivers/staging or command-line uses --strict
+ if (($realfile !~ m@^(?:drivers/staging/)@ || $check_orig) &&
+ $^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 && defined($stat) &&
$stat =~ /(^.\s*if\s*($balanced_parens))/) {
my $if_stat = $1;
my $test = substr($2, 1, -1);