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Subject[PATCH] checkpatch.pl: Also suggest 'else if' when if follows brace
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This might help a kernel hacker think twice before blindly adding a
newline.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 010b18e..e1924eb 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3601,7 +3601,7 @@ sub process {
# if should not continue a brace
if ($line =~ /}\s*if\b/) {
ERROR("TRAILING_STATEMENTS",
- "trailing statements should be on next line\n" .
+ "trailing statements should be on next line (or did you mean 'else if'?)\n" .
$herecurr);
}
# case and default should not have general statements after them
--
1.9.2


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