The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: add --strict test for concatenated string elements
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
checkpatch-add-strict-test-for-concatenated-string-elements.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: add --strict test for concatenated string elements
Using a space between concatenated string elements is easier for a human
to read.
ie:
"String"FOO"bar"
is easier to read as:
"String" FOO "bar"
So suggest this style with a --strict command line option.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-strict-test-for-concatenated-string-elements scripts/checkpatch.pl
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-strict-test-for-concatenated-string-elements
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4344,6 +4344,12 @@ sub process {
"Use of volatile is usually wrong: see Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# concatenated string without spaces between elements
+ if ($line =~ /"X+"[A-Z_]+/ || $line =~ /[A-Z_]+"X+"/) {
+ CHK("CONCATENATED_STRING",
+ "Concatenated strings should use spaces between elements\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# warn about #if 0
if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if\s+0\b/) {
CHK("REDUNDANT_CODE",
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
mm-utilc-add-kstrimdup.patch
linux-next.patch
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