On Fri, 2016-10-21 at 13:27 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote: > When users run checkpatch.pl with --no-tree option, $root is not > defined, which causes an ugly warning that it is not initialized at > line 764. The test for whether or not a file is maintained should > only be run when a kernel tree is defined (i.e. not when --no-tree > option is being used) > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <[email protected]> > --- > scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
Ping? Joe? Andy? Where are we at with this patch?
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index a8368d1..7a54978 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -2352,7 +2352,7 @@ sub process {
> }
> }
>
> - if ($found_file) {
> + if ($found_file && $tree) {
> if (is_maintained_obsolete($realfile)) {
> WARN("OBSOLETE",
> "$realfile is marked as 'obsolete'
> in the MAINTAINERS hierarchy. No unnecessary modifications please.\n");
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