[PATCH 07/12] checkpatch: Add a placeholder to check blank lines before declarations

[Joe Perches]

Figure out first how to determine if this is
in a struct declaration or in a function body
before enabling this.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 93b8e66..4ad4052 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2750,6 +2750,14 @@ sub process {
 			      "space required before the open brace '{'\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+## # check for blank lines before declarations
+##		if ($line =~ /^.\t+$Type\s+$Ident(?:\s*=.*)?;/ &&
+##		    $prevrawline =~ /^.\s*$/) {
+##			WARN("SPACING",
+##			     "No blank lines before declarations\n" . $hereprev);
+##		}
+##
+
 # closing brace should have a space following it when it has anything
 # on the line
 		if ($line =~ /}(?!(?:,|;|\)))\S/) {
-- 
1.8.1.2.459.gbcd45b4.dirty

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