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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 7a2f54a0bd3..de639eeeed5 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1772,6 +1772,21 @@ sub process { "line over 80 characters\n" . $herecurr); } +# Check for user-visible strings broken across lines, which breaks the ability +# to grep for the string. Limited to strings used as parameters (those +# following an open parenthesis), which almost completely eliminates false +# positives, as well as warning only once per parameter rather than once per +# line of the string. Make an exception when the previous string ends in a +# newline (multiple lines in one string constant) or \n\t (common in inline +# assembly to indent the instruction on the following line). + if ($line =~ /^\+\s*"/ && + $prevline =~ /"\s*$/ && + $prevline =~ /\(/ && + $prevrawline !~ /\\n(?:\\t)*"\s*$/) { + WARN("SPLIT_STRING", + "quoted string split across lines\n" . $hereprev); + } + # check for spaces before a quoted newline if ($rawline =~ /^.*\".*\s\\n/) { WARN("QUOTED_WHITESPACE_BEFORE_NEWLINE", |