linux-kernel - [PATCH] scripts/checkpatch.pl: Add warning about leading contination tests

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Date:	Sat, 05 Dec 2009 09:58:04 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	William Allen Simpson <william.allen.simpson@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH] scripts/checkpatch.pl: Add warning about leading
 contination tests

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index bc4114f..c35933a 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2064,6 +2064,11 @@ sub process {
 			CHK("multiple assignments should be avoided\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# Check use of leading logical continuation tests
+		if ($line =~ /^.\s*(\|\||&&)/) {
+			WARN("Continuation logic should be at end of previous line\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 ## # check for multiple declarations, allowing for a function declaration
 ## # continuation.
 ## 		if ($line =~ /^.\s*$Type\s+$Ident(?:\s*=[^,{]*)?\s*,\s*$Ident.*/ &&


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