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| author | Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> | 2019-03-07 16:28:42 -0800 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-03-07 18:32:01 -0800 |
| commit | a8da38a9cf0e9889a6334bbd6e7364307b571cc1 (patch) | |
| tree | 471bd9eb3cd22f212549fc983c3a83f8894dfdb0 /scripts | |
| parent | 98005e8c743f9a5ef3a0e6c971d424da118bd07e (diff) | |
| download | lwn-a8da38a9cf0e9889a6334bbd6e7364307b571cc1.tar.gz lwn-a8da38a9cf0e9889a6334bbd6e7364307b571cc1.zip | |
checkpatch: add test for SPDX-License-Identifier on wrong line #
Warn when any SPDX-License-Identifier: tag is not created on the proper
line number.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/9b74ee87f8c1b8fd310e213fcb4994d58610fcb6.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Cc: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@metux.net>
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 cbbeb3830a48..8d8d26b5cbbd 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3073,6 +3073,14 @@ sub process { # check we are in a valid source file if not then ignore this hunk next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|s|S|sh|dtsi|dts)$/); +# check for using SPDX-License-Identifier on the wrong line number + if ($realline != $checklicenseline && + $rawline =~ /\bSPDX-License-Identifier:/ && + substr($line, @-, @+ - @-) eq "$;" x (@+ - @-)) { + WARN("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG", + "Misplaced SPDX-License-Identifier tag - use line $checklicenseline instead\n" . $herecurr); + } + # line length limit (with some exclusions) # # There are a few types of lines that may extend beyond $max_line_length: |