From: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@xxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: check SPDX tags in YAML files This adds a warning when a YAML file is lacking a SPDX header on first line, or it uses incorrect commenting style. Currently the only YAML files in the tree are Devicetree binding documents. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200129123356.388669-1-lkundrak@xxxxx Signed-off-by: Lubomir Rintel <lkundrak@xxxxx> Acked-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-check-spdx-tags-in-yaml-files +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3106,7 +3106,7 @@ sub process { $comment = '/*'; } elsif ($realfile =~ /\.(c|dts|dtsi)$/) { $comment = '//'; - } elsif (($checklicenseline == 2) || $realfile =~ /\.(sh|pl|py|awk|tc)$/) { + } elsif (($checklicenseline == 2) || $realfile =~ /\.(sh|pl|py|awk|tc|yaml)$/) { $comment = '#'; } elsif ($realfile =~ /\.rst$/) { $comment = '..'; _