[PATCH v2] Documentation/CodingStyle: Add an example for braces

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Add another example of required braces when using a compound statements.

Signed-off-by: Gary R Hook <gary.hook@xxxxxxx>
---

Changes since v1:
- Move the new example up, and make it more generic

 Documentation/process/coding-style.rst |    9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
index a20b44a40ec4..fcef0b4b59d0 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
@@ -188,6 +188,15 @@ and
 	else
 		do_that();
 
+Do use braces when a body is more complex than a single simple statement:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+	if (condition) {
+		if (another_condition)
+			do_something();
+	}
+
 This does not apply if only one branch of a conditional statement is a single
 statement; in the latter case use braces in both branches:
 

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