checkpatch: brackets around single statements fix

From: Joe Korty
Date: Wed May 02 2012 - 11:47:29 EST


Checkpatch thinks '#else' is the same as 'else' in its check for
this error:

WARNING: braces {} are not necessary for single statement blocks

Signed-off-by: Joe Korty <joe.korty@xxxxxxxx>

Index: linux/scripts/checkpatch.pl
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/scripts/checkpatch.pl 2012-04-17 05:00:37.000000000 -0400
+++ linux/scripts/checkpatch.pl 2012-05-02 10:29:03.000000000 -0400
@@ -3038,7 +3038,7 @@
}
}
if (!defined $suppress_ifbraces{$linenr - 1} &&
- $line =~ /\b(if|while|for|else)\b/) {
+ $line =~ /[^#]\b(if|while|for|else)\b/) {
my $allowed = 0;

# Check the pre-context.
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