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| author |   Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> | 2020-12-15 20:44:33 -0800 |
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| committer |   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2020-12-15 22:46:17 -0800 |
| commit | dc58bc553e7a8e1d6eeaffd92cb8b346e0d62f70 (patch) | |
| tree | b80dd90ae5ee32ac7a5e8515b92bd012694d537e /scripts | |
| parent | checkpatch: prefer static const declarations (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-dc58bc553e7a8e1d6eeaffd92cb8b346e0d62f70.tar.xz linux-dev-dc58bc553e7a8e1d6eeaffd92cb8b346e0d62f70.zip | |
checkpatch: allow --fix removal of unnecessary break statements
switch/case use of break after a return, goto or break is unnecessary.
There is an existing warning for the return and goto uses, so add
break and a --fix option too.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/d9ea654104d55f590fb97d252d64a66b23c1a096.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@inria.fr>
Cc: Tom Rix <trix@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 4018bf89e63a..c128875b6666 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3699,12 +3699,16 @@ sub process { } # check indentation of a line with a break; -# if the previous line is a goto or return and is indented the same # of tabs +# if the previous line is a goto, return or break +# and is indented the same # of tabs if ($sline =~ /^\+([\t]+)break\s*;\s*$/) { my $tabs = $1; - if ($prevline =~ /^\+$tabs(?:goto|return)\b/) { - WARN("UNNECESSARY_BREAK", - "break is not useful after a goto or return\n" . $hereprev); + if ($prevline =~ /^\+$tabs(goto|return|break)\b/) { + if (WARN("UNNECESSARY_BREAK", + "break is not useful after a $1\n" . $hereprev) && + $fix) { + fix_delete_line($fixlinenr, $rawline); + } } } |