[PATCH 2/4] checkpatch: add --fix for warning LINE_CONTINUATIONS

Antonio Borneo
2019-05-08T12:27:41Z

The warning LINE_CONTINUATIONS does not offer a --fix.

Add the trivial --fix.
In case of consecutive lines with the same issue, this will
fix only the first line.

Signed-off-by: Antonio Borneo <borneo.antonio@gmail.com>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index f40d4bb2fbb9..9a247183b65c 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -5207,8 +5207,11 @@ sub process {
$line !~ /^\+\s*\#.*\\$/ && # preprocessor
$line !~ /^\+.*\b(__asm__|asm)\b.*\\$/ && # asm
$line =~ /^\+.*\\$/) {
- WARN("LINE_CONTINUATIONS",
- "Avoid unnecessary line continuations\n" . $herecurr);
+ if (WARN("LINE_CONTINUATIONS",
+ "Avoid unnecessary line continuations\n" . $herecurr) &&
+ $fix) {
+ $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\s*\\$//;
+ }
}
}

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2.21.0