While it makes little sense for the end product to have a group
containing only a single pattern, avoiding this case within an
incremental patch set is troublesome.

Because this is expected to be a transient condition, do not
bother "optimizing" this case, e.g. by folding away the group.

Reviewed-by: Peter Maydell <peter.maydell@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>
---
 tests/decode/succ_pattern_group_nest4.decode | 13 +++++++++++++
 scripts/decodetree.py                        |  2 --
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tests/decode/succ_pattern_group_nest4.decode

diff --git a/tests/decode/succ_pattern_group_nest4.decode b/tests/decode/succ_pattern_group_nest4.decode
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dc54a1d285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/decode/succ_pattern_group_nest4.decode
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# This work is licensed under the terms of the GNU LGPL, version 2 or later.
+# See the COPYING.LIB file in the top-level directory.
+
+# Verify deeper nesting, and a single element in the groups.
+{
+  [
+    {
+      [
+        sub1  00000000 a:8 b:8 c:8
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/scripts/decodetree.py b/scripts/decodetree.py
index 7e3b1d1399..530d41ca62 100755
--- a/scripts/decodetree.py
+++ b/scripts/decodetree.py
@@ -1024,8 +1024,6 @@ def parse_file(f, parent_pat):
         if name == '}' or name == ']':
             if len(toks) != 0:
                 error(start_lineno, 'extra tokens after close brace')
-            if len(parent_pat.pats) < 2:
-                error(lineno, 'less than two patterns within braces')
 
             # Make sure { } and [ ] nest properly.
             if (name == '}') != isinstance(parent_pat, IncMultiPattern):
-- 
2.25.1