netdev - [PATCH] checkpatch: Allow consecutive close braces

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Date:   Tue, 27 Aug 2019 13:49:09 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>,
        Forrest Fleming <ffleming@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        intel-wired-lan@...ts.osuosl.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Allow consecutive close braces

checkpatch allows consecutive open braces, so it
should also allow consecutive close braces.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Acked-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@...el.com>
---
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 287fe73688f0..ac5e0f06e1af 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4687,7 +4687,7 @@ sub process {
 
 # closing brace should have a space following it when it has anything
 # on the line
-		if ($line =~ /}(?!(?:,|;|\)))\S/) {
+		if ($line =~ /}(?!(?:,|;|\)|\}))\S/) {
 			if (ERROR("SPACING",
 				  "space required after that close brace '}'\n" . $herecurr) &&
 			    $fix) {