checkpatch: fix macro argument precedence test

checkpatch's macro argument precedence test is broken so fix it.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/5dd900e9197febc1995604bb33c23c136d8b33ce.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e16d6713f2368473d96eaec321fda1685cb3cac5..2d42eb9cd1a5639637df3f1fec35b4216d1c5fa5 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5041,7 +5041,7 @@ sub process {
                                $tmp_stmt =~ s/\b(typeof|__typeof__|__builtin\w+|typecheck\s*\(\s*$Type\s*,|\#+)\s*\(*\s*$arg\s*\)*\b//g;
                                $tmp_stmt =~ s/\#+\s*$arg\b//g;
                                $tmp_stmt =~ s/\b$arg\s*\#\#//g;
-                               my $use_cnt = $tmp_stmt =~ s/\b$arg\b//g;
+                               my $use_cnt = () = $tmp_stmt =~ /\b$arg\b/g;
                                if ($use_cnt > 1) {
                                        CHK("MACRO_ARG_REUSE",
                                            "Macro argument reuse '$arg' - possible side-effects?\n" . "$herectx");