tree 8ac50b404a973ac9ff05589b6db515992c5cdb57
parent 310cd06ba2496002481eb7fd3b02c51d115aa115
author Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> 1602817916 -0700
committer Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> 1602871880 -0700

checkpatch: add test for comma use that should be semicolon

There are commas used as statement terminations that should typically have
used semicolons instead.  Only direct assignments or use of a single
function or value on a single line are detected by this test.

e.g.:
	foo = bar(),		/* typical use is semicolon not comma */
	bar = baz();

Add an imperfect test to detect these comma uses.

No false positives were found in testing, but many types of false
negatives are possible.

e.g.:
	foo = bar() + 1,	/* comma use, but not direct assignment */
	bar = baz();

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/3bf27caf462007dfa75647b040ab3191374a59de.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>