From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: warn when a MAINTAINERS entry isn't [A-Z]:\t For consistency, MAINTAINERS entries should be an upper case letter, then a colon, then a tab, then the value. Warn when an entry doesn't have this form. --fix it too. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/9aaaf03ec10adf3888b5e98dd2176b7fe9b5fad8.1496343345.git.joe@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-warn-when-a-maintainers-entry-isnt-t scripts/checkpatch.pl --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-warn-when-a-maintainers-entry-isnt-t +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2776,6 +2776,17 @@ sub process { #print "is_start<$is_start> is_end<$is_end> length<$length>\n"; } +# check for MAINTAINERS entries that don't have the right form + if ($realfile =~ /^MAINTAINERS$/ && + $rawline =~ /^\+[A-Z]:/ && + $rawline !~ /^\+[A-Z]:\t\S/) { + if (WARN("MAINTAINERS_STYLE", + "MAINTAINERS entries use one tab after TYPE:\n" . $herecurr) && + $fix) { + $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/^(\+[A-Z]):\s*/$1:\t/; + } + } + # discourage the use of boolean for type definition attributes of Kconfig options if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ && $line =~ /^\+\s*\bboolean\b/) { _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
