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checkpatch.pl: also suggest 'else if' when if follows brace

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This might help a kernel hacker think twice before blindly adding a
newline.

Signed-off-by: Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>
Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Rasmus Villemoes 2014-08-06 16:10:37 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
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@ -3621,7 +3621,7 @@ sub process {
# if should not continue a brace
if ($line =~ /}\s*if\b/) {
ERROR("TRAILING_STATEMENTS",
"trailing statements should be on next line\n" .
"trailing statements should be on next line (or did you mean 'else if'?)\n" .
$herecurr);
}
# case and default should not have general statements after them