checkpatch: don't warn on blank lines before/after braces as often
Check to make sure the blank lines aren't comment lines like:
bool foo(bool bar)
{
/* Don't warn on a leading comment */
return !bar;
/* Don't warn on a trailing comment either */
}
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 4ad4052..c43be81 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3258,11 +3258,11 @@
}
# check for unnecessary blank lines around braces
- if (($line =~ /^.\s*}\s*$/ && $prevline =~ /^.\s*$/)) {
+ if (($line =~ /^.\s*}\s*$/ && $prevrawline =~ /^.\s*$/)) {
CHK("BRACES",
"Blank lines aren't necessary before a close brace '}'\n" . $hereprev);
}
- if (($line =~ /^.\s*$/ && $prevline =~ /^..*{\s*$/)) {
+ if (($rawline =~ /^.\s*$/ && $prevline =~ /^..*{\s*$/)) {
CHK("BRACES",
"Blank lines aren't necessary after an open brace '{'\n" . $hereprev);
}