When the previous line is not a line continuation and the
current line has a line continuation but is not a #define,
emit a warning.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <j...@perches.com>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 9 +++++++++
1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index f18750e..d4f61a6 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3013,6 +3013,15 @@ sub process {
"Macros with complex values
should be enclosed in parenthesis\n" . "$herectx");
}
}
+
+# check for line continuations outside of #defines
+
+ } else {
+ if ($prevline !~ /^..*\\$/ &&
+ $line =~ /^\+.*\\$/) {
+ WARN("LINE_CONTINUATIONS",
+ "Avoid unnecessary line continuations\n" .
$herecurr);
+ }
}
# do {} while (0) macro tests:
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