linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: Fix macro argument precedence test

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Date:   Tue, 22 May 2018 12:36:28 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Ivan Bornyakov <brnkv.i1@...il.com>, lustre-devel@...ts.lustre.org
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Fix macro argument precedence test

checkpatch's macro argument precedence test is broken so fix it.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index baddac9379f0..68879aa65cfd 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5041,7 +5041,7 @@ sub process {
 				$tmp_stmt =~ s/\b(typeof|__typeof__|__builtin\w+|typecheck\s*\(\s*$Type\s*,|\#+)\s*\(*\s*$arg\s*\)*\b//g;
 				$tmp_stmt =~ s/\#+\s*$arg\b//g;
 				$tmp_stmt =~ s/\b$arg\s*\#\#//g;
-				my $use_cnt = $tmp_stmt =~ s/\b$arg\b//g;
+				my $use_cnt = () = $tmp_stmt =~ /\b$arg\b/g;
 				if ($use_cnt > 1) {
 					CHK("MACRO_ARG_REUSE",
 					    "Macro argument reuse '$arg' - possible side-effects?\n" . "$herectx");