Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Allow --fix removal of unnecessary break statements

[Tom Rix]

I like!

On 10/18/20 12:49 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> switch/case use of break after a return or goto is unnecessary.
>
> There is an existing warning for these uses, so add a --fix option too.
>
> Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> For today's next, this would remove ~300 instances like:
>
> 	case FOO:
> 		return bar;
> 		break;
> or
> 	case FOO:
> 		goto bar;
> 		break;
>
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 +++++--
>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index fab38b493cef..22263b278e87 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -3678,8 +3678,11 @@ sub process {
>  		if ($sline =~ /^\+([\t]+)break\s*;\s*$/) {
>  			my $tabs = $1;
>  			if ($prevline =~ /^\+$tabs(?:goto|return)\b/) {

could add a '|break' here to catch the couple

break;

break;

Reviewed-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>

> -				WARN("UNNECESSARY_BREAK",
> -				     "break is not useful after a goto or return\n" . $hereprev);
> +				if (WARN("UNNECESSARY_BREAK",
> +					 "break is not useful after a goto or return\n" . $hereprev) &&
> +				    $fix) {
> +					fix_delete_line($fixlinenr, $rawline);
> +				}
>  			}
>  		}
>  
>
>