The patch titled Subject: checkpatch: add an error test for no space before comma has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is checkpatch-add-an-error-test-for-no-space-before-comma.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-add-an-error-test-for-no-space-before-comma.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-add-an-error-test-for-no-space-before-comma.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 an error test for no space before comma Using code like: int foo , bar; is not preferred to: int foo, bar; so emit an error on this style. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-an-error-test-for-no-space-before-comma scripts/checkpatch.pl --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-an-error-test-for-no-space-before-comma +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3563,14 +3563,33 @@ sub process { } } - # , must have a space on the right. + # , must not have a space before and must have a space on the right. } elsif ($op eq ',') { + my $rtrim_before = 0; + my $space_after = 0; + if ($ctx =~ /Wx./) { + if (ERROR("SPACING", + "space prohibited before that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr)) { + $line_fixed = 1; + $rtrim_before = 1; + } + } if ($ctx !~ /.x[WEC]/ && $cc !~ /^}/) { if (ERROR("SPACING", "space required after that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr)) { - $good = $fix_elements[$n] . trim($fix_elements[$n + 1]) . " "; $line_fixed = 1; $last_after = $n; + $space_after = 1; + } + } + if ($rtrim_before || $space_after) { + if ($rtrim_before) { + $good = rtrim($fix_elements[$n]) . trim($fix_elements[$n + 1]); + } else { + $good = $fix_elements[$n] . trim($fix_elements[$n + 1]); + } + if ($space_after) { + $good .= " "; } } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch mm-utilc-add-kstrimdup.patch checkpatch-add-an-error-test-for-no-space-before-comma.patch fs-affs-amigaffsc-use-va_format-instead-of-buffer-vnsprintf.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