From 172a3a82afd042b8cf43a0cd9720195985a46e3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eric Nelson Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 20:32:18 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: add check for whitespace before semicolon at end-of-line This tests for a bad habits of mine like this: return 0 ; Signed-off-by: Eric Nelson --- tools/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/checkpatch.pl b/tools/checkpatch.pl index 2048a44..c7475f9 100755 --- a/tools/checkpatch.pl +++ b/tools/checkpatch.pl @@ -3139,6 +3139,12 @@ sub process { "Statements terminations use 1 semicolon\n" . $herecurr); } +# check for whitespace before semicolon - not allowed at end-of-line + if ($line =~ /\s+;$/) { + WARN("SPACEBEFORE_SEMICOLON", + "Whitespace before semicolon\n" . $herecurr); + } + # check for gcc specific __FUNCTION__ if ($line =~ /__FUNCTION__/) { WARN("USE_FUNC", -- 2.7.4