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| author | Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> | 2019-03-07 16:28:32 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-03-07 18:32:00 -0800 |
| commit | fdf13693d370653013eec3bc7f80a3f535001bf0 (patch) | |
| tree | 4c058ea6475ee9f1210cabae956f63fe3a254fd8 /scripts | |
| parent | 488cf83380b72270b70a80de1eaff53899b1febb (diff) | |
| download | lwn-fdf13693d370653013eec3bc7f80a3f535001bf0.tar.gz lwn-fdf13693d370653013eec3bc7f80a3f535001bf0.zip | |
checkpatch: verify SPDX comment style
Using SPDX commenting style // or /* is specified for various file types
in Documentation/process/license-rules.rst so add an appropriate test for
.[chsS] files because many proposed file additions and patches do not use
the correct style.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/8b02899853247a2c67669561761f354dd3bd110e.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index b737ca9d7204..c17cbc06911f 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3037,6 +3037,14 @@ sub process { $comment = '..'; } +# check SPDX comment style for .[chsS] files + if ($realfile =~ /\.[chsS]$/ && + $rawline =~ /SPDX-License-Identifier:/ && + $rawline !~ /^\+\s*\Q$comment\E\s*/) { + WARN("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG", + "Improper SPDX comment style for '$realfile', please use '$comment' instead\n" . $herecurr); + } + if ($comment !~ /^$/ && $rawline !~ /^\+\Q$comment\E SPDX-License-Identifier: /) { WARN("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG", |