checkpatch: add ability to --fix unnecessary blank lines around braces
There's a --strict test for these blank lines.
Add the ability to automatically remove them with --fix.
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 6705576..059c032 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4461,12 +4461,18 @@
# check for unnecessary blank lines around braces
if (($line =~ /^.\s*}\s*$/ && $prevrawline =~ /^.\s*$/)) {
- CHK("BRACES",
- "Blank lines aren't necessary before a close brace '}'\n" . $hereprev);
+ if (CHK("BRACES",
+ "Blank lines aren't necessary before a close brace '}'\n" . $hereprev) &&
+ $fix && $prevrawline =~ /^\+/) {
+ fix_delete_line($fixlinenr - 1, $prevrawline);
+ }
}
if (($rawline =~ /^.\s*$/ && $prevline =~ /^..*{\s*$/)) {
- CHK("BRACES",
- "Blank lines aren't necessary after an open brace '{'\n" . $hereprev);
+ if (CHK("BRACES",
+ "Blank lines aren't necessary after an open brace '{'\n" . $hereprev) &&
+ $fix) {
+ fix_delete_line($fixlinenr, $rawline);
+ }
}
# no volatiles please
