From fe2a7dbc85f37c721133c83c856f845c4ce9b602 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Whitcroft Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:02:15 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: square brackets -- exemption for array slices in braces It is wholy reasonable to have square brackets representing array slices in braces on the same line. These should be spaced. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index bc6779398229..6f821a0e0024 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1493,11 +1493,13 @@ sub process { # 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, +# 2. at the beginning of a line for slice initialisers -- [0...10] = 5, +# 3. inside a curly brace -- = { [0...10] = 5 } while ($line =~ /(.*?\s)\[/g) { my ($where, $prefix) = ($-[1], $1); if ($prefix !~ /$Type\s+$/ && - ($where != 0 || $prefix !~ /^.\s+$/)) { + ($where != 0 || $prefix !~ /^.\s+$/) && + $prefix !~ /{\s+$/) { ERROR("space prohibited before open square bracket '['\n" . $herecurr); } }