[PATCH v2] checkpatch: Warn on unnecessary line continuations

[Joe Perches]

When the previous line is not a line continuation and the
current line has a line continuation but is not a #define,
emit a warning.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    9 +++++++++
 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index f18750e..d4f61a6 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3013,6 +3013,15 @@ sub process {
 					      "Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parenthesis\n" . "$herectx");
 				}
 			}
+
+# check for line continuations outside of #defines
+
+		} else {
+			if ($prevline !~ /^..*\\$/ &&
+			    $line =~ /^\+.*\\$/) {
+				WARN("LINE_CONTINUATIONS",
+				     "Avoid unnecessary line continuations\n" . $herecurr);
+			}
 		}
 
 # do {} while (0) macro tests:


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