From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: verify SPDX comment style Using SPDX commenting style // or /* is specified for various file types in Documentation/process/license-rules.rst so add an appropriate test for .[chsS] files because many proposed file additions and patches do not use the correct style. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/8b02899853247a2c67669561761f354dd3bd110e.camel@xxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-verify-spdx-comment-style +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3037,6 +3037,14 @@ sub process { $comment = '..'; } +# check SPDX comment style for .[chsS] files + if ($realfile =~ /\.[chsS]$/ && + $rawline =~ /SPDX-License-Identifier:/ && + $rawline !~ /^\+\s*\Q$comment\E\s*/) { + WARN("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG", + "Improper SPDX comment style for '$realfile', please use '$comment' instead\n" . $herecurr); + } + if ($comment !~ /^$/ && $rawline !~ /^\+\Q$comment\E SPDX-License-Identifier: /) { WARN("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG", _
