[PATCH] scripts:checkpatch - Do not give error if static bool or global bool variables are assigned to false value.

[Shailendra Verma]

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.capricorn@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 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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