"Missing a blank line after declarations" is not triggered on patches. Tweak the regex to match such cases. Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- This patch is mostly a PoC. I don't know enough about checkpatch.pl to be sure that the fix is the right thing to do. At least, it works for me :) The [\+ ] is taken from the test just above. I also wonder if there is a missing ^ in the last test: (($prevline =~ /[\+ ](\s+)\S/) && $sline =~ /^[\+ ]$1\S/)) ^ |___ here --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 30 +++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 7b086d1cd6c2..854868b5dbbc 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3783,39 +3783,39 @@ sub process { } # check for missing blank lines after declarations - if ($sline =~ /^\+\s+\S/ && #Not at char 1 + if ($sline =~ /^[\+ ]\s+\S/ && #Not at char 1 # actual declarations - ($prevline =~ /^\+\s+$Declare\s*$Ident\s*[=,;:\[]/ || + ($prevline =~ /^[\+ ]\s+$Declare\s*$Ident\s*[=,;:\[]/ || # function pointer declarations - $prevline =~ /^\+\s+$Declare\s*\(\s*\*\s*$Ident\s*\)\s*[=,;:\[\(]/ || + $prevline =~ /^[\+ ]\s+$Declare\s*\(\s*\*\s*$Ident\s*\)\s*[=,;:\[\(]/ || # foo bar; where foo is some local typedef or #define - $prevline =~ /^\+\s+$Ident(?:\s+|\s*\*\s*)$Ident\s*[=,;\[]/ || + $prevline =~ /^[\+ ]\s+$Ident(?:\s+|\s*\*\s*)$Ident\s*[=,;\[]/ || # known declaration macros - $prevline =~ /^\+\s+$declaration_macros/) && + $prevline =~ /^[\+ ]\s+$declaration_macros/) && # for "else if" which can look like "$Ident $Ident" - !($prevline =~ /^\+\s+$c90_Keywords\b/ || + !($prevline =~ /^[\+ ]\s+$c90_Keywords\b/ || # other possible extensions of declaration lines $prevline =~ /(?:$Compare|$Assignment|$Operators)\s*$/ || # not starting a section or a macro "\" extended line $prevline =~ /(?:\{\s*|\\)$/) && # looks like a declaration - !($sline =~ /^\+\s+$Declare\s*$Ident\s*[=,;:\[]/ || + !($sline =~ /^[\+ ]\s+$Declare\s*$Ident\s*[=,;:\[]/ || # function pointer declarations - $sline =~ /^\+\s+$Declare\s*\(\s*\*\s*$Ident\s*\)\s*[=,;:\[\(]/ || + $sline =~ /^[\+ ]\s+$Declare\s*\(\s*\*\s*$Ident\s*\)\s*[=,;:\[\(]/ || # foo bar; where foo is some local typedef or #define - $sline =~ /^\+\s+$Ident(?:\s+|\s*\*\s*)$Ident\s*[=,;\[]/ || + $sline =~ /^[\+ ]\s+$Ident(?:\s+|\s*\*\s*)$Ident\s*[=,;\[]/ || # known declaration macros - $sline =~ /^\+\s+$declaration_macros/ || + $sline =~ /^[\+ ]\s+$declaration_macros/ || # start of struct or union or enum - $sline =~ /^\+\s+(?:static\s+)?(?:const\s+)?(?:union|struct|enum|typedef)\b/ || + $sline =~ /^[\+ ]\s+(?:static\s+)?(?:const\s+)?(?:union|struct|enum|typedef)\b/ || # start or end of block or continuation of declaration - $sline =~ /^\+\s+(?:$|[\{\}\.\#\"\?\:\(\[])/ || + $sline =~ /^[\+ ]\s+(?:$|[\{\}\.\#\"\?\:\(\[])/ || # bitfield continuation - $sline =~ /^\+\s+$Ident\s*:\s*\d+\s*[,;]/ || + $sline =~ /^[\+ ]\s+$Ident\s*:\s*\d+\s*[,;]/ || # other possible extensions of declaration lines - $sline =~ /^\+\s+\(?\s*(?:$Compare|$Assignment|$Operators)/) && + $sline =~ /^[\+ ]\s+\(?\s*(?:$Compare|$Assignment|$Operators)/) && # indentation of previous and current line are the same - (($prevline =~ /\+(\s+)\S/) && $sline =~ /^\+$1\S/)) { + (($prevline =~ /[\+ ](\s+)\S/) && $sline =~ /^[\+ ]$1\S/)) { if (WARN("LINE_SPACING", "Missing a blank line after declarations\n" . $hereprev) && $fix) { -- 2.27.0