checkpatch: warn on space before semicolon

Make space before semicolon a warning instead of a --strict CHK test.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 9cdd147c1335..b20ca55cddd3 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2522,8 +2522,8 @@ sub process {
 
 # check for whitespace before a non-naked semicolon
                 if ($line =~ /^\+.*\S\s+;/) {
-                        CHK("SPACING",
-                            "space prohibited before semicolon\n" . $herecurr);
+                        WARN("SPACING",
+                             "space prohibited before semicolon\n" . $herecurr);
                 }
 
 # Check operator spacing.