checkpatch: warn only on "space before semicolon" at end of line
The "space before a non-naked semicolon" test has unwanted output when
used in "for ( ;; )" loops.
Make the test work only on end-of-line statement termination semicolons.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.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 59fa00e..8efce59 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3121,7 +3121,7 @@
}
# check for whitespace before a non-naked semicolon
- if ($line =~ /^\+.*\S\s+;/) {
+ if ($line =~ /^\+.*\S\s+;\s*$/) {
if (WARN("SPACING",
"space prohibited before semicolon\n" . $herecurr) &&
$fix) {