commit 63b7c73ec86b8c73560d22c7552bc6f47f0b8da9
author Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Fri Sep 08 16:16:01 2017 -0700
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Fri Sep 08 18:26:50 2017 -0700
tree fdcc058c6c373480df2e372de0a6e52ae7380a59
parent afdb05e9d61905220f09268535235288e6ba3a16

checkpatch: add --strict check for ifs with unnecessary parentheses

An if statement test like
	if ((foo == bar) && (baz != qux))
can arguably be better written without the parentheses as
	if (foo == bar && baz != qux)

Add a test to find these cases.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/dcd0561ddd0fa43c51a420d53b550d738bf42001.1502734458.git.joe@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>