The patch titled checkpatch: check for incorrect permissions has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is checkpatch-check-for-incorrect-permissions.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/ ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: checkpatch: check for incorrect permissions From: Rabin Vincent <rabin.vincent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Throw an error when a source file has been given execute permissions using the mode change line present in git diffs. Also alow the filename matching to use the "diff" line in addition to the "+++" line, since the mode change lines appear before any "+++" lines. Signed-off-by: Rabin Vincent <rabin.vincent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 10 +++++++++- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-check-for-incorrect-permissions scripts/checkpatch.pl --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-check-for-incorrect-permissions +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1308,7 +1308,7 @@ sub process { $here = "#$realline: " if ($file); # extract the filename as it passes - if ($line=~/^\+\+\+\s+(\S+)/) { + if ($line=~/^\+\+\+\s+(\S+)/ || $line=~/^diff\s.*?(\S+)$/) { $realfile = $1; $realfile =~ s@^([^/]*)/@@; @@ -1332,6 +1332,14 @@ sub process { $cnt_lines++ if ($realcnt != 0); +# Check for incorrect file permissions + if ($line=~/^new (file )?mode.*[7531]\d{0,2}$/) { + my $permhere = $here . "FILE: $realfile\n"; + if ($realfile=~/(Makefile|Kconfig|\.c|\.h|\.S|\.tmpl)$/) { + ERROR("do not set execute permissions for source files\n" . $permhere); + } + } + #check the patch for a signoff: if ($line =~ /^\s*signed-off-by:/i) { # This is a signoff, if ugly, so do not double report. _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from rabin.vincent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are origin.patch linux-next.patch checkpatch-check-for-incorrect-permissions.patch -- 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