[Qemu-devel] [PATCH] checkpatch: remove rule on non-indented labels

[Paolo Bonzini]

There are 508 non-indented (non-default) labels, and 511 that are
indented.  So the rule is debatable at least.  Actually, in the
common case of labels at the outermost scope, there is really just
one place where to put the label, so the rule is just wrong IMHO.

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    6 ------
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 0eba357..7a71324 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2206,12 +2206,6 @@ sub process {
                        ERROR("space prohibited before that close parenthesis 
')'\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 
-#goto labels aren't indented, allow a single space however
-               if ($line=~/^.\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+:(?![0-9]+)/ and
-                  !($line=~/^. [A-Za-z\d_]+:/) and !($line=~/^.\s+default:/)) {
-                       WARN("labels should not be indented\n" . $herecurr);
-               }
-
 # Return is not a function.
                if (defined($stat) && $stat =~ /^.\s*return(\s*)(\(.*);/s) {
                        my $spacing = $1;
-- 
1.7.6