1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/checksrc.pl b/lib/checksrc.pl
index 78b9cef5b..126f3c77e 100755
--- a/lib/checksrc.pl
+++ b/lib/checksrc.pl
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ my %warnings = (
     'DOBRACE'          => 'A single space between do and open brace',
     'BRACEWHILE'       => 'A single space between open brace and while',
     'EXCLAMATIONSPACE' => 'Whitespace after exclamation mark in expression',
+    'EMPTYLINEBRACE'   => 'Empty line before the open brace',
     );
 
 sub readskiplist {
@@ -594,6 +595,11 @@ sub scanfile {
             checkwarn("PARENBRACE",
                       $line, length($1)+1, $file, $l, "missing space after close paren");
         }
+        # check for "^{" with an empty line before it
+        if(($l =~ /^\{/) && ($prevl =~ /^[ \t]*\z/)) {
+            checkwarn("EMPTYLINEBRACE",
+                      $line, 0, $file, $l, "empty line before open brace");
+        }
 
         # check for space before the semicolon last in a line
         if($l =~ /^(.*[^ ].*) ;$/) {