1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index d06b6be2841e..5e63dce2e428 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4464,6 +4464,12 @@ sub process {
                             "Concatenated strings should use spaces between elements\n" . $herecurr);
                 }
 
+# uncoalesced string fragments
+                if ($line =~ /"X*"\s*"/) {
+                        WARN("STRING_FRAGMENTS",
+                             "Consecutive strings are generally better as a single string\n" . $herecurr);
+                }
+
 # warn about #if 0
                 if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if\s+0\b/) {
                         CHK("REDUNDANT_CODE",