From 172a3a82afd042b8cf43a0cd9720195985a46e3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Nelson <eric.nelson@boundarydevices.com>
Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 20:32:18 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: add check for whitespace before semicolon at
end-of-line
This tests for a bad habits of mine like this:
return 0 ;
Signed-off-by: Eric Nelson <eric.nelson@boundarydevices.com>
---
tools/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff --git a/tools/checkpatch.pl b/tools/checkpatch.pl
index 2048a449b51..c7475f9e336 100755
--- a/tools/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/tools/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3139,6 +3139,12 @@ sub process {
"Statements terminations use 1 semicolon\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# check for whitespace before semicolon - not allowed at end-of-line
+ if ($line =~ /\s+;$/) {
+ WARN("SPACEBEFORE_SEMICOLON",
+ "Whitespace before semicolon\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# check for gcc specific __FUNCTION__
if ($line =~ /__FUNCTION__/) {
WARN("USE_FUNC",
--
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