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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2014-08-06 16:10:39 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2014-08-06 18:01:27 -0700
commit7f61919144ca69ea29f29c3e60c5b7dbd2070aa6 (patch)
treea3aafc8267a3d2d8c898cc11a198303ca1c5fa83 /scripts/checkpatch.pl
parent048b123fad06f33169caa4afd6d56d58c31517e5 (diff)
checkpatch: add test for blank lines after function/struct/union/enum
Add a --strict test asking for a blank line after function/struct/union/enum declarations. Allow exceptions for several attributes and macro uses. 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>
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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index c40ba40cef4..9e4ba9fa9bc 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2292,6 +2292,22 @@ sub process {
"networking block comments put the trailing */ on a separate line\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# check for missing blank lines after struct/union declarations
+# with exceptions for various attributes and macros
+ if ($prevline =~ /^[\+ ]};?\s*$/ &&
+ $line =~ /^\+/ &&
+ !($line =~ /^\+\s*$/ ||
+ $line =~ /^\+\s*EXPORT_SYMBOL/ ||
+ $line =~ /^\+\s*MODULE_/i ||
+ $line =~ /^\+\s*\#\s*(?:end|elif|else)/ ||
+ $line =~ /^\+[a-z_]*init/ ||
+ $line =~ /^\+\s*(?:static\s+)?[A-Z_]*ATTR/ ||
+ $line =~ /^\+\s*DECLARE/ ||
+ $line =~ /^\+\s*__setup/)) {
+ CHK("LINE_SPACING",
+ "Please use a blank line after function/struct/union/enum declarations\n" . $hereprev);
+ }
+
# check for missing blank lines after declarations
if ($sline =~ /^\+\s+\S/ && #Not at char 1
# actual declarations