checkpatch: always warn on missing blank line after variable declaration block

Make the test system wide, modify the message too.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

scripts/checkpatch.pl

@@ -397,6 +397,11 @@ foreach my $entry (@mode_permission_funcs) {
 	$mode_perms_search .= $entry->[0];
 }
 
+our $declaration_macros = qr{(?x:
+	(?:$Storage\s+)?(?:DECLARE|DEFINE)_[A-Z]+\s*\(|
+	(?:$Storage\s+)?LIST_HEAD\s*\(
+)};
+
 our $allowed_asm_includes = qr{(?x:
 	irq|
 	memory
@@ -2268,18 +2273,37 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 # check for missing blank lines after declarations
-		if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ &&
+		if ($sline =~ /^\+\s+\S/ &&			#Not at char 1
-		    $prevline =~ /^\+\s+$Declare\s+$Ident/ &&
+			# actual declarations
-		    !($prevline =~ /(?:$Compare|$Assignment|$Operators)\s*$/ ||
+		    ($prevline =~ /^\+\s+$Declare\s*$Ident\s*[=,;:\[]/ ||
-		      $prevline =~ /(?:\{\s*|\\)$/) &&		#extended lines
+			# foo bar; where foo is some local typedef or #define
-		    $sline =~ /^\+\s+/ &&			#Not at char 1
+		     $prevline =~ /^\+\s+$Ident(?:\s+|\s*\*\s*)$Ident\s*[=,;\[]/ ||
-		    !($sline =~ /^\+\s+$Declare/ ||
+			# known declaration macros
-		      $sline =~ /^\+\s+$Ident\s+$Ident/ ||	#eg: typedef foo
+		     $prevline =~ /^\+\s+$declaration_macros/) &&
+			# for "else if" which can look like "$Ident $Ident"
+		    !($prevline =~ /^\+\s+$c90_Keywords\b/ ||
+			# other possible extensions of declaration lines
+		      $prevline =~ /(?:$Compare|$Assignment|$Operators)\s*$/ ||
+			# not starting a section or a macro "\" extended line
+		      $prevline =~ /(?:\{\s*|\\)$/) &&
+			# looks like a declaration
+		    !($sline =~ /^\+\s+$Declare\s*$Ident\s*[=,;:\[]/ ||
+			# foo bar; where foo is some local typedef or #define
+		      $sline =~ /^\+\s+$Ident(?:\s+|\s*\*\s*)$Ident\s*[=,;\[]/ ||
+			# known declaration macros
+		      $sline =~ /^\+\s+$declaration_macros/ ||
+			# start of struct or union or enum
 		      $sline =~ /^\+\s+(?:union|struct|enum|typedef)\b/ ||
-		      $sline =~ /^\+\s+(?:$|[\{\}\.\#\"\?\:\(])/ ||
+			# start or end of block or continuation of declaration
-		      $sline =~ /^\+\s+\(?\s*(?:$Compare|$Assignment|$Operators)/)) {
+		      $sline =~ /^\+\s+(?:$|[\{\}\.\#\"\?\:\(\[])/ ||
+			# bitfield continuation
+		      $sline =~ /^\+\s+$Ident\s*:\s*\d+\s*[,;]/ ||
+			# other possible extensions of declaration lines
+		      $sline =~ /^\+\s+\(?\s*(?:$Compare|$Assignment|$Operators)/) &&
+			# indentation of previous and current line are the same
+		    (($prevline =~ /\+(\s+)\S/) && $sline =~ /^\+$1\S/)) {
 			WARN("SPACING",
-			     "networking uses a blank line after declarations\n" . $hereprev);
+			     "Missing a blank line after declarations\n" . $hereprev);
 		}
 
 # check for spaces at the beginning of a line.