checkpatch: if should not continue a preceeding brace
We should not be continuing a braced section with an if, for example:
if (...) {
} if (...) {
}
Detect this and suggest adding a newline.
Signed-off-by: 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 696196e..5ea55e3 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2108,6 +2108,11 @@
ERROR("trailing statements should be on next line\n" . $herecurr);
}
}
+# if should not continue a brace
+ if ($line =~ /}\s*if\b/) {
+ ERROR("trailing statements should be on next line\n" .
+ $herecurr);
+ }
# case and default should not have general statements after them
if ($line =~ /^.\s*(?:case\s*.*|default\s*):/g &&
$line !~ /\G(?:
