If the permission value is 0, don't raise the NON_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS
error. There's no possibility of an error if there are no permissions.
Suggested-by: Andy Shevchenko <andy.shevche...@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Bartosz Golaszewski <b...@bgdev.pl>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 6b130a4116fa..ea98e298d3ac 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -6321,7 +6321,7 @@ sub process {
if ($stat =~ /$test/) {
my $val = $1;
$val = $6 if ($skip_args ne "");
- if (($val =~ /^$Int$/ && $val !~
/^$Octal$/) ||
+ if (($val ne "0" && $val =~ /^$Int$/ &&
$val !~ /^$Octal$/) ||
($val =~ /^$Octal$/ && length($val)
ne 4)) {
ERROR("NON_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS",
"Use 4 digit octal (0777)
not decimal permissions\n" . "$here\n" . $stat_real);
--
2.15.1
