checkpatch: allow for comments either side of a brace on case
When specifying case we may have comments and/or braces at the end without
actually having a 'statement'. Allow for these to occur in any order.
Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 862e8e0..ada27c4 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2043,7 +2043,7 @@
# case and default should not have general statements after them
if ($line =~ /^.\s*(?:case\s*.*|default\s*):/g &&
$line !~ /\G(?:
- (?:\s*{)?(?:\s*$;*)(?:\s*\\)?\s*$|
+ (?:\s*$;*)(?:\s*{)?(?:\s*$;*)(?:\s*\\)?\s*$|
\s*return\s+
)/xg)
{
