The bool value false is not always to be 0.So this patch will
prevent for error if static bool or global bool are initialized
with false value.

Signed-off-by: Shailendra Verma <shailendra.capric...@gmail.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 89b1df4..74901c6 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3169,21 +3169,21 @@ sub process {
                }
 
 # check for global initialisers.
-               if ($line =~ 
/^\+(\s*$Type\s*$Ident\s*(?:\s+$Modifier))*\s*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/) {
+               if ($line =~ 
/^\+(\s*$Type\s*$Ident\s*(?:\s+$Modifier))*\s*=\s*(0|NULL)\s*;/) {
                        if (ERROR("GLOBAL_INITIALISERS",
                                  "do not initialise globals to 0 or NULL\n" .
                                      $herecurr) &&
                            $fix) {
-                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ 
s/($Type\s*$Ident\s*(?:\s+$Modifier))*\s*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/$1;/;
+                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ 
s/($Type\s*$Ident\s*(?:\s+$Modifier))*\s*=\s*(0|NULL)\s*;/$1;/;
                        }
                }
 # check for static initialisers.
-               if ($line =~ /^\+.*\bstatic\s.*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/) {
+               if ($line =~ /^\+.*\bstatic\s.*=\s*(0|NULL)\s*;/) {
                        if (ERROR("INITIALISED_STATIC",
                                  "do not initialise statics to 0 or NULL\n" .
                                      $herecurr) &&
                            $fix) {
-                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ 
s/(\bstatic\s.*?)\s*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/$1;/;
+                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ 
s/(\bstatic\s.*?)\s*=\s*(0|NULL)\s*;/$1;/;
                        }
                }
 
-- 
1.7.9.5

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