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Date:   Wed, 14 Mar 2018 17:21:38 -0500
From:   Gary R Hook <gary.hook@....com>
To:     linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, corbet@....net
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/CodingStyle: Add an example for braces

Add another example of required braces when using a compound statement in
a loop.

Signed-off-by: Gary R Hook <gary.hook@....com>
---
 Documentation/process/coding-style.rst |    9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
index a20b44a40ec4..d98deb62c400 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
@@ -200,6 +200,15 @@ statement; in the latter case use braces in both branches:
 		otherwise();
 	}
 
+Also, use braces when a loop contains more than a single simple statement:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+	while (condition) {
+		if (test)
+			do_something();
+	}
+
 3.1) Spaces
 ***********
 

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