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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 74bba23a8df0..52a223ebcd10 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2641,10 +2641,14 @@ sub process { next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c)$/); # check indentation of any line with a bare else +# (but not if it is a multiple line "if (foo) return bar; else return baz;") # 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/) { + if ($prevline =~ /^\+\t{$tabs,$tabs}break\b/ || + ($prevline =~ /^\+\t{$tabs,$tabs}return\b/ && + defined $lines[$linenr] && + $lines[$linenr] !~ /^[ \+]\t{$tabs,$tabs}return/)) { WARN("UNNECESSARY_ELSE", "else is not generally useful after a break or return\n" . $hereprev); } |