The patch titled
Subject: checkpatch: allow reporting C99 style comments
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
checkpatch-allow-reporting-c99-style-comments.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/checkpatch-allow-reporting-c99-style-comments.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/checkpatch-allow-reporting-c99-style-comments.patch
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From: Vadim Bendebury <vbendeb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: checkpatch: allow reporting C99 style comments
Presently C99 style comments are removed unconditionally before actual
patch validity check happens. This is a problem for some third party
projects which use checkpatch.pl but do not allow C99 style comments.
This patch adds yet another variable, named C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE. If it
is included in the --ignore command line or config file options list, C99
comments in the patch are reported as errors.
Tested by processing a patch with a C99 style comment, it passes the check
just fine unless '--ignore C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE' is present in
.checkpatch.conf.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190110224957.25008-1-vbendeb@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Vadim Bendebury <vbendeb@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-allow-reporting-c99-style-comments
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ my $codespellfile = "/usr/share/codespel
my $conststructsfile = "$D/const_structs.checkpatch";
my $typedefsfile = "";
my $color = "auto";
-my $allow_c99_comments = 1;
+my $allow_c99_comments = 1; # Can be overridden by --ignore C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE
sub help {
my ($exitcode) = @_;
@@ -1021,6 +1021,7 @@ if ($git) {
}
my $vname;
+$allow_c99_comments = !defined $ignore_type{"C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE"};
for my $filename (@ARGV) {
my $FILE;
if ($git) {
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from vbendeb@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
checkpatch-allow-reporting-c99-style-comments.patch
