linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] checkpatch: fix uninitialized var when run with --no-tree

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Date:   Fri, 28 Oct 2016 19:44:32 -0700
From:   Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
To:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
Subject: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: fix uninitialized var when run with --no-tree

If checkpatch.pl gets copied out of the tree, --no-tree shouldn't start
complaining:

  Use of uninitialized value $root in concatenation (.) or string at
  /path/to/checkpatch.pl line 764.

Let's just give the safe answer instead -- don't warn about "obsolete"
files.

Fixes: 85b0ee18bbf8 ("checkpatch: see if modified files are marked obsolete in MAINTAINERS")
Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@...il.com>
---
v2: change condition to check for $root, not $tree

 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a8368d1c4348..c9cbfed326a7 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -761,6 +761,8 @@ sub seed_camelcase_file {
 sub is_maintained_obsolete {
 	my ($filename) = @_;
 
+	return 0 if (!defined $root);
+
 	return 0 if (!(-e "$root/scripts/get_maintainer.pl"));
 
 	my $status = `perl $root/scripts/get_maintainer.pl --status --nom --nol --nogit --nogit-fallback -f $filename 2>&1`;
-- 
2.8.0.rc3.226.g39d4020