checkpatch: add check for line continuations in quoted strings

Add a warning for unterminated quoted strings with line continuations as these frequently add unwanted whitespace.

Joe Perches committed 15 years ago

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@@ -2748,6 +2748,11 @@ sub process { · 2747 unmodified lines
2748	2748	WARN("sizeof(& should be avoided\n" . $herecurr);
2749	2749	}
2750	2750
	2751	+# check for line continuations in quoted strings with odd counts of "
	2752	+ if ($rawline =~ /\\$/ && $rawline =~ tr/"/"/ % 2) {
	2753	+ WARN("Avoid line continuations in quoted strings\n" . $herecurr);
	2754	+ }
	2755	+
2751	2756	# check for new externs in .c files.
2752	2757	if ($realfile =~ /\.c$/ && defined $stat &&
2753	2758	$stat =~ /^.\s(?:extern\s+)?$Type\s+($Ident)(\s)\(/s)