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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 10 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index ac1d6b0a6f09..d833b737a295 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2342,6 +2342,16 @@ sub process { # check we are in a valid C source file if not then ignore this hunk next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c)$/); +# check indentation of any line with a bare else +# if the previous line is a break or return and is indented 1 tab more... + if ($sline =~ /^\+([\t]+)(?:}[ \t]*)?else(?:[ \t]*{)?\s*$/) { + my $tabs = length($1) + 1; + if ($prevline =~ /^\+\t{$tabs,$tabs}(?:break|return)\b/) { + WARN("UNNECESSARY_ELSE", + "else is not generally useful after a break or return\n" . $hereprev); + } + } + # discourage the addition of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL in #if(def). if ($line =~ /^\+\s*\#\s*if.*\bCONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL\b/) { WARN("CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL", |