The patch titled Subject: checkpatch: check for space after "else" keyword has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was checkpatch-check-for-space-after-else-keyword.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree ------------------------------------------------------ From: Michal Zylowski <michal.zylowski@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: check for space after "else" keyword Current checkpatch implementation permits notation like } else{ in kernel code. It looks like oversight and inconsistency in checkpatch rules (e.g. instruction like 'do' is tested). Add regex for checking space after 'else' keyword and trigger error if space is not present. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1533545753-8870-1-git-send-email-michal.zylowski@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Michal Zylowski <michal.zylowski@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-check-for-space-after-else-keyword +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -4531,11 +4531,11 @@ sub process { #need space before brace following if, while, etc if (($line =~ /\(.*\)\{/ && $line !~ /\($Type\)\{/) || - $line =~ /do\{/) { + $line =~ /\b(?:else|do)\{/) { if (ERROR("SPACING", "space required before the open brace '{'\n" . $herecurr) && $fix) { - $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/^(\+.*(?:do|\)))\{/$1 {/; + $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/^(\+.*(?:do|else|\)))\{/$1 {/; } } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from michal.zylowski@xxxxxxxxx are