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

From: Brian Norris
Date: Fri Oct 28 2016 - 22:46:32 EST


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@xxxxxxxxx>
---
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