linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Fix wrong curly bracket position reporting

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Date:	Tue, 17 Dec 2013 18:56:52 -0800
From:	Jean-Baptiste Theou <jtheou@...neo-embedded.us>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	<joe@...ches.com>, Jean-Baptiste Theou <jtheou@...neo-embedded.us>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Fix wrong curly bracket position reporting

This patch fixes wrong curly bracket position reporting when function
declarations have only one void argument.

Missing error (ERROR: space required before the open brace '{') on this
situation :

int foo(void){
	...
}

Signed-off-by: Jean-Baptiste Theou <jtheou@...neo-embedded.us>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 8f3aecd..3a18c5e 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3159,7 +3159,7 @@ sub process {
 ## 		}
 
 #need space before brace following if, while, etc
-		if (($line =~ /\(.*\){/ && $line !~ /\($Type\){/) ||
+		if (($line =~ /\(.*\){/ && ($line =~ /\(void\){/ || $line !~ /\($Type\){/)) ||
 		    $line =~ /do{/) {
 			if (ERROR("SPACING",
 				  "space required before the open brace '{'\n" . $herecurr) &&
-- 
1.8.4.2

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