Documentation/devicetree/bindings/usb/usb-device.txt describes the 'usbVID,...' compatible format, where VID is hexadecimal, with leading zeroes suppressed. Allow it here without complaining. Signed-off-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index b737ca9d7204..124c6fc116b3 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3012,6 +3012,8 @@ sub process { } next if $compat !~ /^([a-zA-Z0-9\-]+)\,/; + # USB VIDs don't need special vendor prefix documentation. + next if $compat =~ /^usb[1-9a-f][0-9a-f]{0,3},/; my $vendor = $1; `grep -Eq "^$vendor\\b" $vp_file`; if ( $? >> 8 ) { -- 2.21.0.rc0.258.g878e2cd30e-goog