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>

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst b/Documentation/process/coding-style.rst
index a20b44a40ec4..d98deb62c400 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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