Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Subject | [PATCH] checkpatch: Verify SPDX comment style | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Thu, 10 Jan 2019 16:05:11 -0800 |
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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.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 155fa9305166..44c2a876be43 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3039,6 +3039,14 @@ 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",
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