The patch titled Subject: checkpatch: add --fix option for some TRAILING_STATEMENTS has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is checkpatch-add-fix-option-for-some-trailing_statements.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-add-fix-option-for-some-trailing_statements.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-add-fix-option-for-some-trailing_statements.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/process/submit-checklist.rst 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 --fix option for some TRAILING_STATEMENTS Single line code like: if (foo) bar; should generally be written: if (foo) bar; Add a --fix test to do so. This fix is not done when an ASSIGN_IN_IF in the same line exists. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20220128185924.80137-2-joe@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-fix-option-for-some-trailing_statements +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -5551,6 +5551,7 @@ sub process { defined($stat) && defined($cond) && $line =~ /\b(?:if|while|for)\s*\(/ && $line !~ /^.\s*#/) { my ($s, $c) = ($stat, $cond); + my $fixed_assign_in_if = 0; if ($c =~ /\bif\s*\(.*[^<>!=]=[^=].*/s) { if (ERROR("ASSIGN_IN_IF", @@ -5575,6 +5576,7 @@ sub process { $newline .= ')'; $newline .= " {" if (defined($brace)); fix_insert_line($fixlinenr + 1, $newline); + $fixed_assign_in_if = 1; } } } @@ -5598,8 +5600,20 @@ sub process { $stat_real = "[...]\n$stat_real"; } - ERROR("TRAILING_STATEMENTS", - "trailing statements should be on next line\n" . $herecurr . $stat_real); + if (ERROR("TRAILING_STATEMENTS", + "trailing statements should be on next line\n" . $herecurr . $stat_real) && + !$fixed_assign_in_if && + $cond_lines == 0 && + $fix && $perl_version_ok && + $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ /^\+(\s*)((?:if|while|for)\s*$balanced_parens)\s*(.*)$/) { + my $indent = $1; + my $test = $2; + my $rest = rtrim($4); + if ($rest =~ /;$/) { + $fixed[$fixlinenr] = "\+$indent$test"; + fix_insert_line($fixlinenr + 1, "$indent\t$rest"); + } + } } } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are checkpatch-add-fix-option-for-some-trailing_statements.patch