[PATCH] checkpatch: add test for empty line after Fixes statement

[Michal Kalderon]

Check that there is no empty line after a fixes statement

Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leo...@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Michal Kalderon <michal.kalde...@marvell.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a09333fd7cef..6cbc07364d4f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ my $conststructsfile = "$D/const_structs.checkpatch";
 my $typedefsfile = "";
 my $color = "auto";
 my $allow_c99_comments = 1; # Can be overridden by --ignore 
C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE
+my $fixes = 0;
 
 sub help {
        my ($exitcode) = @_;
@@ -2792,6 +2793,18 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
 
+# Check if Fixes statement to make sure next line is not blank
+               if ($fixes) {
+                       if ($line =~ /^\s*$/) {
+                               WARN("EMPTY_LINE_AFTER_FIXES", "No Empty line 
after Fixes statement\n" . $here);
+                       }
+                       $fixes = 0;
+               }
+
+               if ($in_commit_log && $line =~ /Fixes/) {
+                       $fixes = 1;
+               }
+
 # Check for added, moved or deleted files
                if (!$reported_maintainer_file && !$in_commit_log &&
                    ($line =~ /^(?:new|deleted) file mode\s*\d+\s*$/ ||
-- 
2.14.5