checkpatch: fix unescaped left braces

index 00085308ed9d..8e80a158bf5a 100755
@@ -1652,7 +1652,7 @@ sub statement_block_size {
 	my ($stmt) = @_;
 
 	$stmt =~ s/(^|\n)./$1/g;
-	$stmt =~ s/^\s*{//;
+	$stmt =~ s/^\s*\{//;
 	$stmt =~ s/}\s*$//;
 	$stmt =~ s/^\s*//;
 	$stmt =~ s/\s*$//;

@@ -2036,7 +2036,7 @@ sub annotate_values {
 			print "ASSIGN($1)\n" if ($dbg_values > 1);
 			$type = 'N';
 
-		} elsif ($cur =~/^(;|{|})/) {
+		} elsif ($cur =~ /^(;|\{|\})/) {
 			print "END($1)\n" if ($dbg_values > 1);
 			$type = 'E';
 			$av_pend_colon = 'O';

@@ -3913,7 +3913,7 @@ sub process {
 			# it there is no point in retrying a statement scan
 			# until we hit end of it.
 			my $frag = $stat; $frag =~ s/;+\s*$//;
-			if ($frag !~ /(?:{|;)/) {
+			if ($frag !~ /(?:\{|;)/) {
 #print "skip<$line_nr_next>\n";
 				$suppress_statement = $line_nr_next;
 			}

@@ -4029,7 +4029,7 @@ sub process {
 			#print "realcnt<$realcnt> ctx_cnt<$ctx_cnt>\n";
 			#print "pre<$pre_ctx>\nline<$line>\nctx<$ctx>\nnext<$lines[$ctx_ln - 1]>\n";
 
-			if ($ctx !~ /{\s*/ && defined($lines[$ctx_ln - 1]) && $lines[$ctx_ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*{/) {
+			if ($ctx !~ /\{\s*/ && defined($lines[$ctx_ln - 1]) && $lines[$ctx_ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*\{/) {
 				ERROR("OPEN_BRACE",
 				      "that open brace { should be on the previous line\n" .
 					"$here\n$ctx\n$rawlines[$ctx_ln - 1]\n");

@@ -4080,7 +4080,7 @@ sub process {
 			my $continuation = 0;
 			my $check = 0;
 			$s =~ s/^.*\bdo\b//;
-			$s =~ s/^\s*{//;
+			$s =~ s/^\s*\{//;
 			if ($s =~ s/^\s*\\//) {
 				$continuation = 1;
 			}

@@ -4235,7 +4235,7 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # check for initialisation to aggregates open brace on the next line
-		if ($line =~ /^.\s*{/ &&
+		if ($line =~ /^.\s*\{/ &&
 		    $prevline =~ /(?:^|[^=])=\s*$/) {
 			if (ERROR("OPEN_BRACE",
 				  "that open brace { should be on the previous line\n" . $hereprev) &&

@@ -4243,7 +4243,7 @@ sub process {
 				fix_delete_line($fixlinenr - 1, $prevrawline);
 				fix_delete_line($fixlinenr, $rawline);
 				my $fixedline = $prevrawline;
-				$fixedline =~ s/\s*=\s*$/ = {/;
+				$fixedline =~ s/\s*=\s*$/ = \{/;
 				fix_insert_line($fixlinenr, $fixedline);
 				$fixedline = $line;
 				$fixedline =~ s/^(.\s*)\{\s*/$1/;

@@ -4617,7 +4617,7 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # open braces for enum, union and struct go on the same line.
-		if ($line =~ /^.\s*{/ &&
+		if ($line =~ /^.\s*\{/ &&
 		    $prevline =~ /^.\s*(?:typedef\s+)?(enum|union|struct)(?:\s+$Ident)?\s*$/) {
 			if (ERROR("OPEN_BRACE",
 				  "open brace '{' following $1 go on the same line\n" . $hereprev) &&

@@ -5345,7 +5345,7 @@ sub process {
 
 # Check for illegal assignment in if conditional -- and check for trailing
 # statements after the conditional.
-		if ($line =~ /do\s*(?!{)/) {
+		if ($line =~ /do\s*(?!\{)/) {
 			($stat, $cond, $line_nr_next, $remain_next, $off_next) =
 				ctx_statement_block($linenr, $realcnt, 0)
 					if (!defined $stat);

@@ -5403,7 +5403,7 @@ sub process {
 			substr($s, 0, length($c), '');
 			$s =~ s/\n.*//g;
 			$s =~ s/$;//g;	# Remove any comments
-			if (length($c) && $s !~ /^\s*{?\s*\\*\s*$/ &&
+			if (length($c) && $s !~ /^\s*\{?\s*\\*\s*$/ &&
 			    $c !~ /}\s*while\s*/)
 			{
 				# Find out how long the conditional actually is.

@@ -5442,7 +5442,7 @@ sub process {
 		if ($line =~ /^.\s*(?:}\s*)?else\b(.*)/) {
 			my $s = $1;
 			$s =~ s/$;//g;	# Remove any comments
-			if ($s !~ /^\s*(?:\sif|(?:{|)\s*\\?\s*$)/) {
+			if ($s !~ /^\s*(?:\sif|(?:\{|)\s*\\?\s*$)/) {
 				ERROR("TRAILING_STATEMENTS",
 				      "trailing statements should be on next line\n" . $herecurr);
 			}

@@ -5659,7 +5659,7 @@ sub process {
 			    $dstat !~ /^while\s*$Constant\s*$Constant\s*$/ &&		# while (...) {...}
 			    $dstat !~ /^for\s*$Constant$/ &&				# for (...)
 			    $dstat !~ /^for\s*$Constant\s+(?:$Ident|-?$Constant)$/ &&	# for (...) bar()
-			    $dstat !~ /^do\s*{/ &&					# do {...
+			    $dstat !~ /^do\s*\{/ &&					# do {...
 			    $dstat !~ /^\(\{/ &&						# ({...
 			    $ctx !~ /^.\s*#\s*define\s+TRACE_(?:SYSTEM|INCLUDE_FILE|INCLUDE_PATH)\b/)
 			{

@@ -5811,7 +5811,7 @@ sub process {
 
 					substr($block, 0, length($cond), '');
 
-					$seen++ if ($block =~ /^\s*{/);
+					$seen++ if ($block =~ /^\s*\{/);
 
 					#print "cond<$cond> block<$block> allowed<$allowed[$allow]>\n";
 					if (statement_lines($cond) > 1) {

@@ -5909,7 +5909,7 @@ sub process {
 				fix_delete_line($fixlinenr - 1, $prevrawline);
 			}
 		}
-		if (($rawline =~ /^.\s*$/ && $prevline =~ /^..*{\s*$/)) {
+		if (($rawline =~ /^.\s*$/ && $prevline =~ /^..*\{\s*$/)) {
 			if (CHK("BRACES",
 				"Blank lines aren't necessary after an open brace '{'\n" . $hereprev) &&
 			    $fix) {