From 1bdab9e5881fde3bf66528db5b91477ce4b35b3b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Whitcroft Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 22:02:17 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: switch indent allow plain return It is a common and sane idiom to allow a single return on the end of a case statement: switch (...) { case foo: return bar; } Add an exception for this. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 1e7d2cdd0c2..c6782ac6f13 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1295,7 +1295,11 @@ sub process { } } if ($line =~ /^.\s*(?:case\s*.*|default\s*):/g && - $line !~ /\G(?:\s*{)?(?:\s*$;*)(?:\s*\\)?\s*$/g) { + $line !~ /\G(?: + (?:\s*{)?(?:\s*$;*)(?:\s*\\)?\s*$| + \s*return\s+ + )/xg) + { ERROR("trailing statements should be on next line\n" . $herecurr); } -- 2.41.1