The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: add test for consecutive string fragments
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
checkpatch-add-test-for-consecutive-string-fragments.patch
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From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: add test for consecutive string fragments
Emit a warning when single line string coalescing occurs.
Code that uses compiler string concatenation on a single line like:
printk("foo" "bar");
is generally better to read concatenated like:
printk("foobar");
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-test-for-consecutive-string-fragments scripts/checkpatch.pl
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-test-for-consecutive-string-fragments
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4464,6 +4464,12 @@ sub process {
"Concatenated strings should use spaces between elements\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# uncoalesced string fragments
+ if ($line =~ /"X*"\s*"/) {
+ WARN("STRING_FRAGMENTS",
+ "Consecutive strings are generally better as a single string\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
printk-remove-used-once-early_vprintk.patch
tile-neaten-early_printk-uses.patch
tile-use-pr_warn-instead-of-pr_warning.patch
printk-add-and-use-loglevel_level-defines-for-kern_level-equivalents.patch
maintainers-update-ivtv-mailing-lists-as-subscriber-only.patch
mm-utilc-add-kstrimdup.patch
checkpatch-add-an-error-test-for-no-space-before-comma.patch
checkpatch-add-error-on-use-of-attributeweak-or-__weak-declarations.patch
checkpatch-improve-test-for-no-space-after-cast.patch
checkpatch-improve-warning-message-for-needless-if-case.patch
checkpatch-fix-use-via-symlink-make-missing-spelling-file-non-fatal.patch
checkpatch-try-to-avoid-mask-and-shift-errors.patch
checkpatch-reduce-maintainers-update-message-frequency.patch
checkpatch-add-strict-test-for-function-pointer-calling-style.patch
checkpatch-allow-certain-si-units-with-three-characters.patch
checkpatch-add-strict-preference-for-defines-using-bitfoo.patch
checkpatch-add-test-for-consecutive-string-fragments.patch
binfmt_misc-add-comments-debug-logs.patch
binfmt_misc-clean-up-code-style-a-bit.patch
fs-binfmt_miscc-use-gfp_kernel-instead-of-gfp_user.patch
fs-affs-amigaffsc-use-va_format-instead-of-buffer-vnsprintf.patch
linux-next.patch
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