Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Fix "Use of uninitialized value" warnings

[Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>]

On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 05:51:04AM -0800, Joe Perches wrote:
> checkpatch is currently confused about some complex macros
> and references undefined variables $stat and $cond.
> 
> Make sure these are defined before using them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 61090e0..9c981003 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -3289,6 +3289,7 @@ sub process {
>  			}
>  		}
>  		if (!defined $suppress_whiletrailers{$linenr} &&
> +		    defined($stat) && defined($cond) &&
>  		    $line =~ /\b(?:if|while|for)\s*\(/ && $line !~ /^.\s*#/) {
>  			my ($s, $c) = ($stat, $cond);

Seems reasonable indeed.

Acked-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>

-apw