+ checkpatch-add-strict-test-for-concatenated-string-elements.patch added to -mm tree

+ checkpatch-add-strict-test-for-concatenated-string-elements.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

The patch titled
     Subject: checkpatch: add --strict test for concatenated string elements
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     checkpatch-add-strict-test-for-concatenated-string-elements.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-add-strict-test-for-concatenated-string-elements.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-add-strict-test-for-concatenated-string-elements.patch

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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Subject: checkpatch: add --strict test for concatenated string elements

Using a space between concatenated string elements is easier for a human
to read.

ie:
	"String"FOO"bar"

is easier to read as:

	"String" FOO "bar"

So suggest this style with a --strict command line option.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-strict-test-for-concatenated-string-elements scripts/checkpatch.pl
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-add-strict-test-for-concatenated-string-elements
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4344,6 +4344,12 @@ sub process {
 			     "Use of volatile is usually wrong: see Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# concatenated string without spaces between elements
+		if ($line =~ /"X+"[A-Z_]+/ || $line =~ /[A-Z_]+"X+"/) {
+			CHK("CONCATENATED_STRING",
+			    "Concatenated strings should use spaces between elements\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # warn about #if 0
 		if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if\s+0\b/) {
 			CHK("REDUNDANT_CODE",
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@perches.com are

checkpatch-allow-commit-descriptions-on-separate-line-from-commit-id.patch
mm-utilc-add-kstrimdup.patch
checkpatch-fix-spello.patch
checkpatch-remove-debugging-message.patch
checkpatch-update-allowed_asm_includes-macros-add-rebooth-and-timeh.patch
checkpatch-enable-whitespace-checks-for-dts-files.patch
checkpatch-allow-optional-shorter-config-descriptions.patch
checkpatch-allow-optional-shorter-config-descriptions-v4.patch
checkpatch-add-strict-test-for-concatenated-string-elements.patch
ipc-always-handle-a-new-value-of-auto_msgmni.patch
linux-next.patch
lib-string_helpers-move-documentation-to-c-file.patch
lib-string_helpers-refactoring-the-test-suite.patch
lib-string_helpers-introduce-string_escape_mem.patch
lib-vsprintf-add-%pe-format-specifier.patch
wireless-libertas-print-esaped-string-via-%pe.patch
wireless-ipw2x00-print-ssid-via-%pe.patch
wireless-hostap-proc-print-properly-escaped-ssid.patch
wireless-hostap-proc-print-properly-escaped-ssid-fix.patch
lib80211-remove-unused-print_ssid.patch
staging-wlan-ng-use-%pehp-to-print-sn.patch
staging-rtl8192e-use-%pen-to-escape-buffer.patch
staging-rtl8192u-use-%pen-to-escape-buffer.patch