checkpatch: Add --strict messages for blank lines around braces

JoePerches · torvalds · commit 0979ae66464b · 2012-12-17T17:15:19.000-08:00
Blank lines around braces are not unnecessary.  Emit a message on the use
of these blank lines only when using --strict.

int foo(int bar)
{

	something or other....

}

is generally written in the kernel as:

int foo(int bar)
{
	something or other...
}

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches &lt;joe@perches.com&gt;
Cc: Andy Whitcroft &lt;apw@canonical.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3189,6 +3189,16 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+# check for unnecessary blank lines around braces
+		if (($line =~ /^..*}\s*$/ && $prevline =~ /^.\s*$/)) {
+			CHK("BRACES",
+			    "Blank lines aren't necessary before a close brace '}'\n" . $hereprev);
+		}
+		if (($line =~ /^.\s*$/ && $prevline =~ /^..*{\s*$/)) {
+			CHK("BRACES",
+			    "Blank lines aren't necessary after an open brace '{'\n" . $hereprev);
+		}
+
 # no volatiles please
 		my $asm_volatile = qr{\b(__asm__|asm)\s+(__volatile__|volatile)\b};
 		if ($line =~ /\bvolatile\b/ && $line !~ /$asm_volatile/) {
