[PATCH] tools: fix == bashism in kernel-chktaint

From: Kevin Locke

Date: Sat Oct 11 2025 - 17:14:41 EST


When /bin/sh is a shell other than bash, invoking kernel-chktaint with
at least one argument may produce error messages such as the following
(produced by [dash] with argument 1024):

./kernel-chktaint: 22: [: 1024x: unexpected operator
./kernel-chktaint: 22: [: 1024x: unexpected operator

This occurs because the == operator is not specified for [test in POSIX]
and is not supported by all shells, as noted by shellcheck [SC3014].

To fix the issue and avoid the error message, replace == with =.

[dash]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/dash/dash.git
[test in POSIX]: https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/utilities/test.html
[SC3014]: https://www.shellcheck.net/wiki/SC3014

Signed-off-by: Kevin Locke <kevin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint b/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint
index e7da0909d0970..051608a63d9f1 100755
--- a/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint
+++ b/tools/debugging/kernel-chktaint
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ EOF
}

if [ "$1"x != "x" ]; then
- if [ "$1"x == "--helpx" ] || [ "$1"x == "-hx" ] ; then
+ if [ "$1"x = "--helpx" ] || [ "$1"x = "-hx" ] ; then
usage
exit 1
elif [ $1 -ge 0 ] 2>/dev/null ; then
--
2.51.0