checkpatch: notice unbalanced else braces in a patch
Patches that add or modify code like
} else
<foo>
or
else {
<bar>
where one branch appears to have a brace and the other branch does not
have a brace should emit a --strict style message.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/c6be32747fc725cbc235802991746700a0f54fdc.1486754390.git.joe@perches.com
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 12db148..7fb73d9 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5104,6 +5104,12 @@
}
}
+# check for single line unbalanced braces
+ if ($sline =~ /.\s*\}\s*else\s*$/ ||
+ $sline =~ /.\s*else\s*\{\s*$/) {
+ CHK("BRACES", "Unbalanced braces around else statement\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# check for unnecessary blank lines around braces
if (($line =~ /^.\s*}\s*$/ && $prevrawline =~ /^.\s*$/)) {
if (CHK("BRACES",