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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 1a93ac265c3..cf4e44cf3c2 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1422,6 +1422,12 @@ sub process {
ERROR("code indent should use tabs where possible\n" . $herevet);
}
+# check for space before tabs.
+ if ($rawline =~ /^\+/ && $rawline =~ / \t/) {
+ my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($rawline) . "\n";
+ WARN("please, no space before tabs\n" . $herevet);
+ }
+
# check we are in a valid C source file if not then ignore this hunk
next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c)$/);