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authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>2012-12-17 16:01:47 -0800
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2012-12-17 17:15:18 -0800
commit5023d3472d444747bfa12e9798d7993e7efb8287 (patch)
tree384454623fc76da468021e0d58846debec536014 /scripts
parent0ad50c3896afbb3c103409a18260e601b87a744c (diff)
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checkpatch: warn on unnecessary line continuations
When the previous line is not a line continuation and the current line has a line continuation but is not a #define, emit a warning. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Cc: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl9
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index f18750e..d4f61a6 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3013,6 +3013,15 @@ sub process {
"Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parenthesis\n" . "$herectx");
}
}
+
+# check for line continuations outside of #defines
+
+ } else {
+ if ($prevline !~ /^..*\\$/ &&
+ $line =~ /^\+.*\\$/) {
+ WARN("LINE_CONTINUATIONS",
+ "Avoid unnecessary line continuations\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
}
# do {} while (0) macro tests:
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