linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: Improve the TABSTOP test to include declarations

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Date:   Fri, 22 Dec 2017 13:07:45 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:     Colin King <colin.king@...onical.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Improve the TABSTOP test to include declarations

Declarations should start on a tabstop too.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 168687ae24fa..9ecb70010661 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2988,7 +2988,7 @@ sub process {
 
 # check indentation starts on a tab stop
 		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
-		    $sline =~ /^\+\t+( +)(?:$c90_Keywords\b|\{\s*$|\}\s*(?:else\b|while\b|\s*$))/) {
+		    $sline =~ /^\+\t+( +)(?:$c90_Keywords\b|\{\s*$|\}\s*(?:else\b|while\b|\s*$)|$Declare\s*$Ident\s*[;=\[])/) {
 			my $indent = length($1);
 			if ($indent % 8) {
 				if (WARN("TABSTOP",
-- 
2.15.0