Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Fix use of uninitialized value

["Alex Bennée" <alex.bennee@linaro.org>]

Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org> writes:

> checkfilename() doesn't always set $acpi_testexpected. Fix the following
> warning:
>
> Use of uninitialized value $acpi_testexpected in string eq at
>  ./scripts/checkpatch.pl line 1529.
>
> Fixes: d2f1af0e4120 ("checkpatch: don't emit warning on newly created acpi data files")
> Cc: isaku.yamahata@intel.com
> Signed-off-by: Greg Kurz <groug@kaod.org>

jinx ;-)
 
  Subject: [RFC PATCH] scripts/checkpatch: fix uninitialised value check
  Date: Thu,  8 Apr 2021 17:46:10 +0100
  Message-Id: <20210408164610.14229-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org>

but as I failed to check the list first have a:

Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <alex.bennee@linaro.org>

> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl |    1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 8f7053ec9b26..3d185cceac94 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -1532,6 +1532,7 @@ sub process {
>  		     ($line =~ /\{\s*([\w\/\.\-]*)\s*\=\>\s*([\w\/\.\-]*)\s*\}/ &&
>  		      (defined($1) || defined($2)))) &&
>                        !(($realfile ne '') &&
> +                        defined($acpi_testexpected) &&
>                          ($realfile eq $acpi_testexpected))) {
>  			$reported_maintainer_file = 1;
>  			WARN("added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating?\n" . $herecurr);


-- 
Alex Bennée