From f92a26e434fb6aeb12035899ffabb42e34652547 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michal Zylowski Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2018 21:58:08 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: check for space after "else" keyword Current checkpatch implementation permits notation like } else{ in kernel code. It looks like oversight and inconsistency in checkpatch rules (e.g. instruction like 'do' is tested). Add regex for checking space after 'else' keyword and trigger error if space is not present. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1533545753-8870-1-git-send-email-michal.zylowski@intel.com Signed-off-by: Michal Zylowski Acked-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index eced9b3039957..f43d95a25712e 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -4531,11 +4531,11 @@ sub process { #need space before brace following if, while, etc if (($line =~ /\(.*\)\{/ && $line !~ /\($Type\)\{/) || - $line =~ /do\{/) { + $line =~ /\b(?:else|do)\{/) { if (ERROR("SPACING", "space required before the open brace '{'\n" . $herecurr) && $fix) { - $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/^(\+.*(?:do|\)))\{/$1 {/; + $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/^(\+.*(?:do|else|\)))\{/$1 {/; } } -- 2.39.5