checkpatch: ensure we actually detect if assignments split across lines
When checking for assignments within if conditionals we check the whole of
the condition, but the match is performed using a line constrained regular
expression. This means we can miss split conditionals or those on the
second line. Allow the check to span lines.
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a521d493..c39ce0b 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2048,7 +2048,7 @@
$line =~ /\b(?:if|while|for)\s*\(/ && $line !~ /^.\s*#/) {
my ($s, $c) = ($stat, $cond);
- if ($c =~ /\bif\s*\(.*[^<>!=]=[^=].*/) {
+ if ($c =~ /\bif\s*\(.*[^<>!=]=[^=].*/s) {
ERROR("do not use assignment in if condition\n" . $herecurr);
}
