Re: checkpatch false ERROR: trailing statements should be on next line

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On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 04:50:04PM -0500, Erez Zadok wrote:
> Using v2.6.24-rc6-125-g5356f66, code such as this:
> 
> 	if (is_file)	/* dirs can be unlinked but chdir'ed to */
> 		err = -ESTALE;
> 
> produces this false checkpatch error:
> 
> 	foo.c:947: ERROR: trailing statements should be on next line
> 
> I think comments such as the above should be allowed (plus a comment isn't a
> statement).  It's often very useful to put them right on the affected line.

Agreed.  checkpatch 0.13 already ignores these as statements.  A
positive side effect of other changes in this area.

Thanks for the report.

-apw
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