checkpatch: Fix bracing false positives on #else
Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Blue Swirl <blauwirbel@gmail.com>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 55ef439..4fa06c0 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2536,7 +2536,8 @@
}
}
if (!defined $suppress_ifbraces{$linenr - 1} &&
- $line =~ /\b(if|while|for|else)\b/) {
+ $line =~ /\b(if|while|for|else)\b/ &&
+ $line !~ /\#\s*else/) {
my $allowed = 0;
# Check the pre-context.
