linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: add early_param exception to blank line after struct/function test

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Message-ID: <3bd6ada59f411a7685d7e64eeb670540d4bfdcde.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Sat, 12 Feb 2022 23:03:02 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@...il.com>,
        Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: add early_param exception to blank line after
 struct/function test

Add early_param as another exception to the blank line preferred after
function/struct/union declaration or definition test.

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 071b3304f5d7c..727d23b934da2 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3930,7 +3930,7 @@ sub process {
 		if ($prevline =~ /^[\+ ]};?\s*$/ &&
 		    $line =~ /^\+/ &&
 		    !($line =~ /^\+\s*$/ ||
-		      $line =~ /^\+\s*EXPORT_SYMBOL/ ||
+		      $line =~ /^\+\s*(?:EXPORT_SYMBOL|early_param)/ ||
 		      $line =~ /^\+\s*MODULE_/i ||
 		      $line =~ /^\+\s*\#\s*(?:end|elif|else)/ ||
 		      $line =~ /^\+[a-z_]*init/ ||