From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: add early_param exception to blank line after struct/function test Add early_param as another exception to the blank line preferred after function/struct/union declaration or definition test. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/3bd6ada59f411a7685d7e64eeb670540d4bfdcde.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-early_param-exception-to-blank-line-after-struct-function-test +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3926,7 +3926,7 @@ sub process { if ($prevline =~ /^[\+ ]};?\s*$/ && $line =~ /^\+/ && !($line =~ /^\+\s*$/ || - $line =~ /^\+\s*EXPORT_SYMBOL/ || + $line =~ /^\+\s*(?:EXPORT_SYMBOL|early_param)/ || $line =~ /^\+\s*MODULE_/i || $line =~ /^\+\s*\#\s*(?:end|elif|else)/ || $line =~ /^\+[a-z_]*init/ || _
