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authorAndy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org>2008-10-15 22:02:32 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2008-10-16 11:21:37 -0700
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checkpatch: suspect code indent must stop at #else/#elif
When we hit and #else or #elif we know we are meeting an alternative piece of code. All bets are off on indent if we did not see the open of the control so stop checking. Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@shadowen.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 4680ccf7760c..c479bdefc779 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1468,6 +1468,12 @@ sub process {
while ($cond_ptr != $cond_lines) {
$cond_ptr = $cond_lines;
+ # If we see an #else/#elif then the code
+ # is not linear.
+ if ($s =~ /^\s*\#\s*(?:else|elif)/) {
+ $check = 0;
+ }
+
# Ignore:
# 1) blank lines, they should be at 0,
# 2) preprocessor lines, and