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>
diff --git a/tools/checkpatch.pl b/tools/checkpatch.pl
index 2048a44..c7475f9 100755
--- a/tools/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/tools/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3139,6 +3139,12 @@
"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",