checkpatch: add ability to --fix unnecessary blank lines around braces
authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Fri, 13 Feb 2015 22:38:46 +0000 (14:38 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Sat, 14 Feb 2015 05:21:39 +0000 (21:21 -0800)
There's a --strict test for these blank lines.

Add the ability to automatically remove them with --fix.

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>
scripts/checkpatch.pl

index 6705576198a6cdf0f8b59b6d26a26bfe941fc553..059c032d8882c12fff84de65a505ae525e1d45d4 100755 (executable)
@@ -4461,12 +4461,18 @@ sub process {
 
 # check for unnecessary blank lines around braces
                if (($line =~ /^.\s*}\s*$/ && $prevrawline =~ /^.\s*$/)) {
-                       CHK("BRACES",
-                           "Blank lines aren't necessary before a close brace '}'\n" . $hereprev);
+                       if (CHK("BRACES",
+                               "Blank lines aren't necessary before a close brace '}'\n" . $hereprev) &&
+                           $fix && $prevrawline =~ /^\+/) {
+                               fix_delete_line($fixlinenr - 1, $prevrawline);
+                       }
                }
                if (($rawline =~ /^.\s*$/ && $prevline =~ /^..*{\s*$/)) {
-                       CHK("BRACES",
-                           "Blank lines aren't necessary after an open brace '{'\n" . $hereprev);
+                       if (CHK("BRACES",
+                               "Blank lines aren't necessary after an open brace '{'\n" . $hereprev) &&
+                           $fix) {
+                               fix_delete_line($fixlinenr, $rawline);
+                       }
                }
 
 # no volatiles please