"Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/scripts/checkpatch.pl#n3737 > if ($realfile =~ /\.(h|s|S)$/) { > $comment = '/*'; > } elsif ($realfile =~ /\.(c|rs|dts|dtsi)$/) { > $comment = '//'; > > I don't get where that idea came from. Check Documentation/process/license-rules.rst.