The patch titled Subject: checkpatch: add a multiple blank lines test has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is checkpatch-add-a-multiple-blank-lines-test.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-add-a-multiple-blank-lines-test.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-add-a-multiple-blank-lines-test.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: add a multiple blank lines test Multiple consecutive blank lines waste screen space. Emit a --strict only message with these blank lines. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-a-multiple-blank-lines-test scripts/checkpatch.pl --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-a-multiple-blank-lines-test +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1642,6 +1642,8 @@ sub process { my $non_utf8_charset = 0; + my $last_blank_line = 0; + our @report = (); our $cnt_lines = 0; our $cnt_error = 0; @@ -2315,6 +2317,15 @@ sub process { "Please use a blank line after function/struct/union/enum declarations\n" . $hereprev); } +# check for multiple consecutive blank lines + if ($prevline =~ /^[\+ ]\s*$/ && + $line =~ /^\+\s*$/ && + $last_blank_line != ($linenr - 1)) { + CHK("LINE_SPACING", + "Please don't use multiple blank lines\n" . $hereprev); + $last_blank_line = $linenr; + } + # check for missing blank lines after declarations if ($sline =~ /^\+\s+\S/ && #Not at char 1 # actual declarations _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch checkpatch-check-git-commit-descriptions.patch fs-squashfs-file_directc-replace-countsize-kmalloc-by-kmalloc_array.patch printk-make-dynamic-kernel-ring-buffer-alignment-explicit.patch printk-move-power-of-2-practice-of-ring-buffer-size-to-a-helper.patch printk-make-dynamic-units-clear-for-the-kernel-ring-buffer.patch printk-allow-increasing-the-ring-buffer-depending-on-the-number-of-cpus.patch mm-utilc-add-kstrimdup.patch checkpatch-attempt-to-find-unnecessary-out-of-memory-messages.patch checkpatch-warn-on-unnecessary-else-after-return-or-break.patch checkpatch-fix-complex-macro-false-positive-for-escaped-constant-char.patch checkpatch-fix-function-pointers-in-blank-line-needed-after-declarations-test.patch checkpatch-ignore-email-headers-better.patch checkpatchpl-also-suggest-else-if-when-if-follows-brace.patch checkpatch-add-test-for-blank-lines-after-function-struct-union-enum.patch checkpatch-add-a-multiple-blank-lines-test.patch checkpatch-change-blank-line-after-declaration-type-to-line_spacing.patch checkpatch-quiet-kconfig-help-message-checking.patch fs-isofs-logging-clean-up.patch sysctl-remove-now-unused-typedef-ctl_table.patch sysctl-remove-now-unused-typedef-ctl_table-fix.patch fs-qnx6-convert-printk-to-pr_foo.patch fs-qnx6-use-pr_fmt-and-__func__-in-logging.patch fs-qnx6-update-debugging-to-current-functions.patch linux-next.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html