linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Only warn for empty lines before closing braces by themselves

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Date:	Thu, 11 Apr 2013 11:46:55 -0700
From:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:	Matthijs Kooijman <matthijs@...in.nl>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Only warn for empty lines before closing
 braces by themselves

On Wed, 2013-04-10 at 10:49 +0200, Matthijs Kooijman wrote:
> This check was intended to catch extra newlines at the end of a function
> definition, but it would trigger on any closing brace, including those
> of inline functions and macro definitions, triggering false positives.
> Now, only closing braces on a line by themselves trigger this check.
[]
> Signed-off-by: Matthijs Kooijman <matthijs@...in.nl>

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

> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 532c41b..f962c30 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -3236,7 +3236,7 @@ sub process {
>  		}
>  
>  # check for unnecessary blank lines around braces
> -		if (($line =~ /^..*}\s*$/ && $prevline =~ /^.\s*$/)) {
> +		if (($line =~ /^.\s*}\s*$/ && $prevline =~ /^.\s*$/)) {
>  			CHK("BRACES",
>  			    "Blank lines aren't necessary before a close brace '}'\n" . $hereprev);
>  		}


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