From 6c5d24eef7be7adfcb608f2852ab69b58935133b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Christopherson Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 14:11:37 -0700 Subject: checkpatch: Warn on improper usage of Co-developed-by The purpose of Co-developed-by: is to give attribution to authors who aren't already attributed by the From: tag, i.e. who aren't the nominal patch author. Because Co-developed-by: is essentially a variation of From:, it must be accompanied by a Signed-off-by: of the associated co-author. To ease the burden of determining whether or not co-authors have signed off, Co-developed-by and Signed-off-by: must be explicitly paired, i.e. on consecutive lines for a given co-author. Suggested-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) (limited to 'scripts/checkpatch.pl') diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 5b756278df13..bbe71f017f6d 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2687,6 +2687,24 @@ sub process { } else { $signatures{$sig_nospace} = 1; } + +# Check Co-developed-by: immediately followed by Signed-off-by: with same name and email + if ($sign_off =~ /^co-developed-by:$/i) { + if ($email eq $author) { + WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF", + "Co-developed-by: should not be used to attribute nominal patch author '$author'\n" . "$here\n" . $rawline); + } + if (!defined $lines[$linenr]) { + WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF", + "Co-developed-by: must be immediately followed by Signed-off-by:\n" . "$here\n" . $rawline); + } elsif ($rawlines[$linenr] !~ /^\s*signed-off-by:\s*(.*)/i) { + WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF", + "Co-developed-by: must be immediately followed by Signed-off-by:\n" . "$here\n" . $rawline . "\n" .$rawlines[$linenr]); + } elsif ($1 ne $email) { + WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF", + "Co-developed-by and Signed-off-by: name/email do not match \n" . "$here\n" . $rawline . "\n" .$rawlines[$linenr]); + } + } } # Check email subject for common tools that don't need to be mentioned -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b