From 1dbba2cf30c9be65287d2c83ad35db72c62890ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gary R Hook <gary.hook@amd.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 17:21:38 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Documentation/CodingStyle: Add an example for braces
Add another example of required braces when using a compound statement in
a loop.
Signed-off-by: Gary R Hook <gary.hook@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
---
Documentation/process/coding-style.rst | 9 +++++++++
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
index a20b44a40ec47..d98deb62c4002 100644
--- a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
+++ b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
@@ -200,6 +200,15 @@ statement; in the latter case use braces in both branches:
otherwise();
}
+Also, use braces when a loop contains more than a single simple statement:
+
+.. code-block:: c
+
+ while (condition) {
+ if (test)
+ do_something();
+ }
+
3.1) Spaces
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