From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: allow consecutive close braces checkpatch allows consecutive open braces, so it should also allow consecutive close braces. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/bfdb49ae2c3fa7b52fa168769e38b48f959880e2.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Jeff Kirsher <jeffrey.t.kirsher@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-allow-consecutive-close-braces +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -4673,7 +4673,7 @@ sub process { # closing brace should have a space following it when it has anything # on the line - if ($line =~ /}(?!(?:,|;|\)))\S/) { + if ($line =~ /}(?!(?:,|;|\)|\}))\S/) { if (ERROR("SPACING", "space required after that close brace '}'\n" . $herecurr) && $fix) { _
