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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 5f71b3050253..e7c8ab1b54bd 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1435,6 +1435,17 @@ sub process {
ERROR("open brace '{' following $1 go on the same line\n" . $hereprev);
}
+# check for spacing round square brackets; allowed:
+# 1. with a type on the left -- int [] a;
+# 2. at the beginning of a line for slice initialisers -- [0..10] = 5,
+ while ($line =~ /(.*?\s)\[/g) {
+ my ($where, $prefix) = ($-[1], $1);
+ if ($prefix !~ /$Type\s+$/ &&
+ ($where != 0 || $prefix !~ /^.\s+$/)) {
+ ERROR("space prohibited before open square bracket '['\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+ }
+
# check for spaces between functions and their parentheses.
while ($line =~ /($Ident)\s+\(/g) {
my $name = $1;