checkpatch: improve space before tab --fix option

This test should remove all the spaces before a tab not just one space.

Substitute a tab for each 8 space block before a tab and remove less than
8 spaces before a tab.

This SPACE_BEFORE_TAB test is done after CODE_INDENT.

If there are spaces used at the beginning of a line that should be
converted to tabs, please make sure that the CODE_INDENT test and
conversion is done before this SPACE_BEFORE_TAB test and conversion.

Reported-by: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 93f8507b7ac2..3e0b3f4d3420 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2118,8 +2118,10 @@ sub process {
                         if (WARN("SPACE_BEFORE_TAB",
                                 "please, no space before tabs\n" . $herevet) &&
                             $fix) {
-                                $fixed[$linenr - 1] =~
-                                    s/(^\+.*) +\t/$1\t/;
+                                while ($fixed[$linenr - 1] =~
+                                           s/(^\+.*) {8,8}+\t/$1\t\t/) {}
+                                while ($fixed[$linenr - 1] =~
+                                           s/(^\+.*) +\t/$1\t/) {}
                         }
                 }