From f80ce9cda3e183ab3c0f0b9c1ede4f3fbf01ba79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 10:12:17 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: don't warn about extra parentheses in staging/

This "Unnecessary parentheses" warning is disabled for drivers/staging
unless the --strict option is used.  Really, we don't want it at all even
if the --strict option is used.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/c7278d21-d96c-4c1e-b3bf-f82b8decc5df@stanley.mountain
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index c625da28cdae..9d469c20871f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5503,9 +5503,9 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
-# check for unnecessary parentheses around comparisons in if uses
-# when !drivers/staging or command-line uses --strict
-		if (($realfile !~ m@^(?:drivers/staging/)@ || $check_orig) &&
+# check for unnecessary parentheses around comparisons
+# except in drivers/staging
+		if (($realfile !~ m@^(?:drivers/staging/)@) &&
 		    $perl_version_ok && defined($stat) &&
 		    $stat =~ /(^.\s*if\s*($balanced_parens))/) {
 			my $if_stat = $1;