When users run checkpatch.pl with --no-tree option, $root is not defined, which causes an ugly warning that it is not initialized at line 764. The test for whether or not a file is maintained should only be run when a kernel tree is defined (i.e. not when --no-tree option is being used)
Signed-off-by: Jeff Kirsher <[email protected]> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index a8368d1..7a54978 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2352,7 +2352,7 @@ sub process { } } - if ($found_file) { + if ($found_file && $tree) { if (is_maintained_obsolete($realfile)) { WARN("OBSOLETE", "$realfile is marked as 'obsolete' in the MAINTAINERS hierarchy. No unnecessary modifications please.\n"); -- 2.7.4
