checkpatch: don't try to get maintained status when --no-tree is given

jforissier · torvalds · commit f2c19c2f380f · 2016-12-12T18:55:10.000-08:00
Fixes the following warning: Use of uninitialized value $root in concatenation (.) or string at /path/to/checkpatch.pl line 764. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1476719709-16668-1-git-send-email-jerome.forissier@linaro.org Signed-off-by: Jerome Forissier <jerome.forissier@linaro.org> Reviewed-by: Brian Norris <computersforpeace@gmail.com> Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ sub seed_camelcase_file {
 sub is_maintained_obsolete {
 	my ($filename) = @_;
 
-	return 0 if (!(-e "$root/scripts/get_maintainer.pl"));
+	return 0 if (!$tree || !(-e "$root/scripts/get_maintainer.pl"));
 
 	my $status = `perl $root/scripts/get_maintainer.pl --status --nom --nol --nogit --nogit-fallback -f $filename 2>&1`;
 
