linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: extend line continuation test

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Date:	Thu, 15 Nov 2012 22:21:13 -0800
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>
Cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, peter@...leysoftware.com,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: extend line continuation test

Preprocessor directives and asm statements should be
allowed to have a line continuation.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d2d5ba1..019f9be 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3006,10 +3006,12 @@ sub process {
 				}
 			}
 
-# check for line continuations outside of #defines
+# check for line continuations outside of #defines, preprocessor #, and asm
 
 		} else {
 			if ($prevline !~ /^..*\\$/ &&
+			    $line !~ /^\+\s*\#*.*\\$/ &&	# preprocessor
+			    $line !~ /^\+.*\b(__asm__|asm)\b.*\\$/ &&	# asm
 			    $line =~ /^\+.*\\$/) {
 				WARN("LINE_CONTINUATIONS",
 				     "Avoid unnecessary line continuations\n" . $herecurr);


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