Commit f17dba4f authored by Joe Perches's avatar Joe Perches Committed by Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: add --strict test for concatenated string elements

Using a space between concatenated string elements is easier for a human
to read.

ie:
	"String"FOO"bar"

is easier to read as:

	"String" FOO "bar"

So suggest this style with a --strict command line option.
Signed-off-by: default avatarJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 56193274
......@@ -4344,6 +4344,12 @@ sub process {
"Use of volatile is usually wrong: see Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt\n" . $herecurr);
}
# concatenated string without spaces between elements
if ($line =~ /"X+"[A-Z_]+/ || $line =~ /[A-Z_]+"X+"/) {
CHK("CONCATENATED_STRING",
"Concatenated strings should use spaces between elements\n" . $herecurr);
}
# warn about #if 0
if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if\s+0\b/) {
CHK("REDUNDANT_CODE",
......
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