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Date:	Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:03:59 -0200
From:	Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@...escale.com>
To:	<akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	<joe@...ches.com>, <festevam@...il.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@...escale.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] checkpatch: Improve warning message for "needless if" case

Add an 'and' to the sentence so that it looks better:

WARNING: debugfs_remove(NULL) is safe and this check is probably not required

Signed-off-by: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@...escale.com>
---
Changes since v2:
- Update the commit log accordingly
Changes since v1:
- Use 'and' instead of '.'

 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d94f5d8..99653bb 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4446,7 +4446,7 @@ sub process {
 			my $expr = '\s*\(\s*' . quotemeta($1) . '\s*\)\s*;';
 			if ($line =~ /\b(kfree|usb_free_urb|debugfs_remove(?:_recursive)?)$expr/) {
 				WARN('NEEDLESS_IF',
-				     "$1(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required\n" . $hereprev);
+				     "$1(NULL) is safe and this check is probably not required\n" . $hereprev);
 			}
 		}
 
-- 
1.9.1

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