On Mon, 2019-08-26 at 01:03 -0700, Jeff Kirsher wrote:
> On Fri, 2019-08-23 at 19:14 +0000, Forrest Fleming wrote:
> > suggested by checkpatch
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Forrest Fleming <fflem...@gmail.com>
> > ---
> > .../net/ethernet/intel/e1000/e1000_param.c | 28 +++++++++----------
> > 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> While I do not see an issue with this change, I wonder how important it is
> to make such a change. Especially since most of the hardware supported by
> this driver is not available for testing. In addition, this is one
> suggested change by checkpatch.pl that I personally do not agree with.
I think checkpatch should allow consecutive }}.
Maybe:
---
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 287fe73688f0..ac5e0f06e1af 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4687,7 +4687,7 @@ sub process {
# closing brace should have a space following it when it has anything
# on the line
- if ($line =~ /}(?!(?:,|;|\)))\S/) {
+ if ($line =~ /}(?!(?:,|;|\)|\}))\S/) {
if (ERROR("SPACING",
"space required after that close brace '}'\n"
. $herecurr) &&
$fix) {
