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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 9fb30b15c9d..59fa00e9787 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2049,16 +2049,12 @@ sub process { } # Check for user-visible strings broken across lines, which breaks the ability -# to grep for the string. Limited to strings used as parameters (those -# following an open parenthesis), which almost completely eliminates false -# positives, as well as warning only once per parameter rather than once per -# line of the string. Make an exception when the previous string ends in a -# newline (multiple lines in one string constant) or \n\t (common in inline -# assembly to indent the instruction on the following line). +# to grep for the string. Make exceptions when the previous string ends in a +# newline (multiple lines in one string constant) or '\t', '\r', ';', or '{' +# (common in inline assembly) or is a octal \123 or hexadecimal \xaf value if ($line =~ /^\+\s*"/ && $prevline =~ /"\s*$/ && - $prevline =~ /\(/ && - $prevrawline !~ /\\n(?:\\t)*"\s*$/) { + $prevrawline !~ /(?:\\(?:[ntr]|[0-7]{1,3}|x[0-9a-fA-F]{1,2})|;\s*|\{\s*)"\s*$/) { WARN("SPLIT_STRING", "quoted string split across lines\n" . $hereprev); } |