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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index cf4e44cf3c27..a4d74344d805 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1394,6 +1394,11 @@ sub process {
WARN("line over 80 characters\n" . $herecurr);
}
+# check for spaces before a quoted newline
+ if ($rawline =~ /^.*\".*\s\\n/) {
+ WARN("unnecessary whitespace before a quoted newline\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
# check for adding lines without a newline.
if ($line =~ /^\+/ && defined $lines[$linenr] && $lines[$linenr] =~ /^\\ No newline at end of file/) {
WARN("adding a line without newline at end of file\n" . $herecurr);