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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 5f71b305025..e7c8ab1b54b 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1435,6 +1435,17 @@ sub process { ERROR("open brace '{' following $1 go on the same line\n" . $hereprev); } +# check for spacing round square brackets; allowed: +# 1. with a type on the left -- int [] a; +# 2. at the beginning of a line for slice initialisers -- [0..10] = 5, + while ($line =~ /(.*?\s)\[/g) { + my ($where, $prefix) = ($-[1], $1); + if ($prefix !~ /$Type\s+$/ && + ($where != 0 || $prefix !~ /^.\s+$/)) { + ERROR("space prohibited before open square bracket '['\n" . $herecurr); + } + } + # check for spaces between functions and their parentheses. while ($line =~ /($Ident)\s+\(/g) { my $name = $1; |