[PATCH 4/6] checkpatch: if should not continue a preceeding brace

[Andy Whitcroft]

We should not be continuing a braced section with an if, for example:

	if (...) {
	} if (...) {
	}

Detect this and suggest adding a newline.

Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    5 +++++
 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 696196e..5ea55e3 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2108,6 +2108,11 @@ sub process {
 				ERROR("trailing statements should be on next line\n" . $herecurr);
 			}
 		}
+# if should not continue a brace
+		if ($line =~ /}\s*if\b/) {
+			ERROR("trailing statements should be on next line\n" .
+				$herecurr);
+		}
 # case and default should not have general statements after them
 		if ($line =~ /^.\s*(?:case\s*.*|default\s*):/g &&
 		    $line !~ /\G(?:
-- 
1.6.0.4.911.gc990

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