The patch titled Subject: checkpatch: extend line continuation test has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is checkpatch-extend-line-continuation-test.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: extend line continuation test Preprocessor directives and asm statements should be allowed to have a line continuation. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Jingoo Han <jg1.han@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-extend-line-continuation-test scripts/checkpatch.pl --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-extend-line-continuation-test +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3009,10 +3009,12 @@ sub process { } } -# check for line continuations outside of #defines +# check for line continuations outside of #defines, preprocessor #, and asm } else { if ($prevline !~ /^..*\\$/ && + $line !~ /^\+\s*\#.*\\$/ && # preprocessor + $line !~ /^\+.*\b(__asm__|asm)\b.*\\$/ && # asm $line =~ /^\+.*\\$/) { WARN("LINE_CONTINUATIONS", "Avoid unnecessary line continuations\n" . $herecurr); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch printk-boot_delay-should-only-affect-output.patch checkpatch-warn-on-unnecessary-line-continuations.patch checkpatch-warn-about-using-config_experimental.patch checkpatch-remove-reference-to-feature-removal-scheduletxt.patch checkpatch-consolidate-if-foo-barfoo-checks-and-add-debugfs_remove.patch checkpatch-allow-control-over-line-length-warning-default-remains-80.patch checkpatch-extend-line-continuation-test.patch kstrto-add-documentation.patch simple_strto-annotate-function-as-obsolete.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