linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] checkpatch: do not check missing blank line before builtin_*

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Message-Id: <1505700081-12854-1-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2017 11:01:21 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Cc:     Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@...driver.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: do not check missing blank line before builtin_*_driver

checkpatch.pl does not check missing blank line before module_*_driver.
I want it to behave likewise for builtin_*_driver.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
---

Changes in v2:
  - Improve the matching pattern as suggested by Joe Perches

 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index dd2c262aebbf..5c6179c63cf6 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3103,6 +3103,7 @@ sub process {
 		      $line =~ /^\+[a-z_]*init/ ||
 		      $line =~ /^\+\s*(?:static\s+)?[A-Z_]*ATTR/ ||
 		      $line =~ /^\+\s*DECLARE/ ||
+		      $line =~ /^\+\s*builtin_[\w_]*driver/ ||
 		      $line =~ /^\+\s*__setup/)) {
 			if (CHK("LINE_SPACING",
 				"Please use a blank line after function/struct/union/enum declarations\n" . $hereprev) &&
-- 
2.7.4