[PATCH] checkpatch: add check for whitespace before semicolon at end-of-line

[Eric Nelson]

This tests for a bad habits of mine like this:

	return 0 ;

Signed-off-by: Eric Nelson <eric.nelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    6 ++++++
 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a3b9782..0e6977e 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3227,6 +3227,12 @@ sub process {
 			 "Statements terminations use 1 semicolon\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# check for whitespace before semicolon - not allowed at end-of-line
+		if ($line =~ /\s+;$/) {
+		    WARN("SPACEBEFORE_SEMICOLON",
+			 "Whitespace before semicolon\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # check for gcc specific __FUNCTION__
 		if ($line =~ /__FUNCTION__/) {
 			WARN("USE_FUNC",
-- 
1.7.9

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