We need to use == instead of the is operator. If you're unlucky it may
fail because they're not exactly the same object, but hold the same
value.

Example false positive:

E(120): Inappropriate bracing around statement

+            if (0 != nl_attr_get_u8(vxlan[IFLA_VXLAN_LEARNING])

Fixes: 30c7ffd5ac46 ("utilities/checkpatch.py: Check for appropriate bracing")
Signed-off-by: Eric Garver <[email protected]>
---
 utilities/checkpatch.py | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/utilities/checkpatch.py b/utilities/checkpatch.py
index dfe6f9c7621e..638ac97746b6 100755
--- a/utilities/checkpatch.py
+++ b/utilities/checkpatch.py
@@ -144,11 +144,11 @@ def if_and_for_end_with_bracket_check(line):
         """This is a rather naive counter - it won't deal with quotes"""
         balance = 0
         for letter in line:
-            if letter is '(':
+            if letter == '(':
                 balance += 1
-            elif letter is ')':
+            elif letter == ')':
                 balance -= 1
-        return balance is 0
+        return balance == 0
 
     if __regex_is_for_if_single_line_bracket.search(line) is not None:
         if not balanced_parens(line):
-- 
2.10.0

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