Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH] checkpatch: add check for whitespace before semicolon at end-of-line

On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 06:41 -0700, Eric Nelson wrote:

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+# check for whitespace before semicolon - not allowed at end-of-line

• if ($line =~ /\s+;$/) {
  

if ($line =~ /\s+;\s*$/)

Won't the extra space at end of line be caught by other tests?

Yes it will.

You want the test to find the space before semicolon whenever it exists.