checkpatch: add test for assignment at start of line
Kernel style seems to prefer line wrapping an assignment with the
assignment operator on the previous line like:
<leading tabs> identifier =
expression;
over
<leading tabs> identifier
= expression;
somewhere around a 50:1 ratio
$ git grep -P "[^=]=\s*$" -- "*.[ch]" | wc -l
52008
$ git grep -P "^\s+[\*\/\+\|\%\-]?=[^=>]" | wc -l
1161
So add a --strict test for that condition.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1522275726.2210.12.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.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 d246400..5deee8b 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3062,6 +3062,12 @@
}
}
+# check for assignments on the start of a line
+ if ($sline =~ /^\+\s+($Assignment)[^=]/) {
+ CHK("ASSIGNMENT_CONTINUATIONS",
+ "Assignment operator '$1' should be on the previous line\n" . $hereprev);
+ }
+
# check for && or || at the start of a line
if ($rawline =~ /^\+\s*(&&|\|\|)/) {
CHK("LOGICAL_CONTINUATIONS",
