checkpatch: Add --strict messages for blank lines around braces
Blank lines around braces are not unnecessary. Emit a message on the use
of these blank lines only when using --strict.
int foo(int bar)
{
something or other....
}
is generally written in the kernel as:
int foo(int bar)
{
something or other...
}
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.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
index 3e9fee6..e0a674f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3189,6 +3189,16 @@
}
}
+# check for unnecessary blank lines around braces
+ if (($line =~ /^..*}\s*$/ && $prevline =~ /^.\s*$/)) {
+ CHK("BRACES",
+ "Blank lines aren't necessary before a close brace '}'\n" . $hereprev);
+ }
+ if (($line =~ /^.\s*$/ && $prevline =~ /^..*{\s*$/)) {
+ CHK("BRACES",
+ "Blank lines aren't necessary after an open brace '{'\n" . $hereprev);
+ }
+
# no volatiles please
my $asm_volatile = qr{\b(__asm__|asm)\s+(__volatile__|volatile)\b};
if ($line =~ /\bvolatile\b/ && $line !~ /$asm_volatile/) {