Commit 5751a24e authored by Joe Perches's avatar Joe Perches Committed by Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: add --strict test for lines ending in [ or (

Lines that end in an open bracket or open parenthesis are generally hard
to follow.  Lines following those ending with open parenthesis are also
rarely aligned to that open parenthesis.

Suggest not ending lines with '[' or '('

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/8fd0b2b4a7482064254e37931eb9302a81d5aa2f.1508340786.git.joe@perches.comSigned-off-by: default avatarJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Suggested-by: default avatarVivien Didelot <vivien.didelot@savoirfairelinux.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 87bd499a
......@@ -3184,6 +3184,12 @@ sub process {
# check we are in a valid C source file if not then ignore this hunk
next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c)$/);
# check for unusual line ending [ or (
if ($line =~ /^\+.*([\[\(])\s*$/) {
CHK("OPEN_ENDED_LINE",
"Lines should not end with a '$1'\n" . $herecurr);
}
# check if this appears to be the start function declaration, save the name
if ($sline =~ /^\+\{\s*$/ &&
$prevline =~ /^\+(?:(?:(?:$Storage|$Inline)\s*)*\s*$Type\s*)?($Ident)\(/) {
......
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