Signed-off-by: Jan Kiszka <jan.kis...@siemens.com> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
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 @@ sub process { } } 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. -- 1.7.1