The patch titled Subject: checkpatch: fix false positive MISSING_BREAK warnings with --file has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is checkpatch-fix-false-positive-missing_break-warnings-with-file.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-fix-false-positive-missing_break-warnings-with-file.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-fix-false-positive-missing_break-warnings-with-file.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: fix false positive MISSING_BREAK warnings with --file Using --file mode can give false positives with MISSING_BREAK fall-through warnings on simple but long multiple consecutive case statements. Look for all lines before a case statement for a switch or a statement when using --file mode. Fix a misspelling of preceded while there. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Lee Jones <lee.jones@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-fix-false-positive-missing_break-warnings-with-file scripts/checkpatch.pl --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-fix-false-positive-missing_break-warnings-with-file +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -4811,13 +4811,13 @@ sub process { } } -# check for case / default statements not preceeded by break/fallthrough/switch +# check for case / default statements not preceded by break/fallthrough/switch if ($line =~ /^.\s*(?:case\s+(?:$Ident|$Constant)\s*|default):/) { my $has_break = 0; my $has_statement = 0; my $count = 0; my $prevline = $linenr; - while ($prevline > 1 && $count < 3 && !$has_break) { + while ($prevline > 1 && ($file || $count < 3) && !$has_break) { $prevline--; my $rline = $rawlines[$prevline - 1]; my $fline = $lines[$prevline - 1]; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are fs-fscache-make-ctl_table-static.patch fs-squashfs-file_directc-replace-countsize-kmalloc-by-kmalloc_array.patch fs-asus_atk0110-fix-define_simple_attribute-semicolon-definition-and-use.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 printk-tweak-do_syslog-to-match-comments.patch kernelh-remove-deprecated-pack_hex_byte.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-test-for-blank-lines-after-function-struct-union-enum-declarations.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 checkpatch-warn-on-unnecessary-parentheses-around-references-of-foo-bar.patch checkpatch-allow-multiple-const-types.patch checkpatch-improve-no-space-after-cast-test.patch checkpatch-emit-fewer-kmalloc_array-kcalloc-conversion-warnings.patch checkpatch-add-test-for-commit-id-formatting-style-in-commit-log.patch checkpatch-emit-a-warning-on-file-add-move-delete.patch checkpatch-warn-on-break-after-goto-or-return-with-same-tab-indentation.patch checkpatch-add-an-index-variable-for-fixed-lines.patch checkpatch-add-ability-to-insert-and-delete-lines-to-patch-file.patch checkpatch-add-fix_insert_line-and-fix_delete_line-helpers.patch checkpatch-use-the-correct-indentation-for-which.patch checkpatch-add-fix-option-for-a-couple-open_brace-misuses.patch checkpatch-fix-brace-style-misuses-of-else-and-while.patch checkpatch-add-for_each-tests-to-indentation-and-brace-tests.patch checkpatch-add-short-int-to-c-variable-types.patch checkpatch-add-signed-generic-types.patch checkpatch-add-test-for-native-c90-types-in-unusual-order.patch checkpatch-fix-false-positive-missing_break-warnings-with-file.patch fs-isofs-logging-clean-up.patch proc-constify-seq_operations.patch sysctl-remove-now-unused-typedef-ctl_table.patch sysctl-remove-now-unused-typedef-ctl_table-fix.patch adfs-add-__printf-verification-fix-format-argument-mismatches.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 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