checkpatch: add --strict test for concatenated string elements
Using a space between concatenated string elements is easier for a human
to read.
ie:
"String"FOO"bar"
is easier to read as:
"String" FOO "bar"
So suggest this style with a --strict command line option.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 969b365f..9846dde 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4344,6 +4344,12 @@
"Use of volatile is usually wrong: see Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# concatenated string without spaces between elements
+ if ($line =~ /"X+"[A-Z_]+/ || $line =~ /[A-Z_]+"X+"/) {
+ CHK("CONCATENATED_STRING",
+ "Concatenated strings should use spaces between elements\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# warn about #if 0
if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if\s+0\b/) {
CHK("REDUNDANT_CODE",