From fdf13693d370653013eec3bc7f80a3f535001bf0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2019 16:28:32 -0800 Subject: 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 Cc: Rob Herring Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'scripts') 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", -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b