This works rather better:
Perhaps you could test?
---
v2:
o Avoid pr_cont
o Use only last format line if split across multiple lines
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d64c67..f00a6c8 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5673,6 +5673,28 @@ sub process {
}
}
+# check for possible missing newlines at the end of common logging functions
+ if (defined($stat) &&
+ $stat =~ /^\+\s*($logFunctions)\s*\((?:\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*){0,3}\s*$String/ &&
+ $1 !~ /_cont$/ && $1 =~ /^(?:pr|dev|netdev|netif|wiphy)_/) {
+ my $cnt = statement_rawlines($stat);
+ my $extracted_string = "";
+ for (my $i = 0; $i < $cnt; $i++) {
+ next if ($lines[$linenr + $i - 1] !~ /$String\s*[,\)]/);
+ $extracted_string = get_quoted_string($lines[$linenr + $i - 1],
+ $rawlines[$linenr + $i - 1]);
+ last if ($extracted_string ne "");
+ }
+ if ($extracted_string ne "" && $extracted_string !~ /\\n"$/) {
+ my $herectx = $here . "\n";
+ for (my $n = 0; $n < $cnt; $n++) {
+ $herectx .= raw_line($linenr, $n) . "\n";
+ }
+ WARN("MISSING_FORMAT_NEWLINE",
+ "Possible missing '\\n' at the end of a logging message format string\n" . $herectx);
+ }
+ }
+
# check for logging functions with KERN_<LEVEL>
if ($line !~ /printk(?:_ratelimited|_once)?\s*\(/ &&
$line =~ /\b$logFunctions\s*\(.*\b(KERN_[A-Z]+)\b/) {
