The warning LINE_CONTINUATIONS does not offer a --fix. Add the trivial --fix. In case of consecutive lines with the same issue, this will fix only the first line.
Signed-off-by: Antonio Borneo <[email protected]> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index f40d4bb2fbb9..9a247183b65c 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -5207,8 +5207,11 @@ sub process { $line !~ /^\+\s*\#.*\\$/ && # preprocessor $line !~ /^\+.*\b(__asm__|asm)\b.*\\$/ && # asm $line =~ /^\+.*\\$/) { - WARN("LINE_CONTINUATIONS", - "Avoid unnecessary line continuations\n" . $herecurr); + if (WARN("LINE_CONTINUATIONS", + "Avoid unnecessary line continuations\n" . $herecurr) && + $fix) { + $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\s*\\$//; + } } } -- 2.21.0
