The patch titled Subject: checkpatch: test for non-standard signatures has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is checkpatch-test-for-non-standard-signatures.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 *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: checkpatch: test for non-standard signatures Warn on non-standard signature styles. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-test-for-non-standard-signatures scripts/checkpatch.pl --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-test-for-non-standard-signatures +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1600,13 +1600,17 @@ sub process { # Check signature styles if (!$in_header_lines && - $line =~ /^(\s*)($signature_tags)(\s*)(.*)/) { + $line =~ /^(\s*)([a-z0-9_-]+by:|$signature_tags)(\s*)(.*)/i) { my $space_before = $1; my $sign_off = $2; my $space_after = $3; my $email = $4; my $ucfirst_sign_off = ucfirst(lc($sign_off)); + if ($sign_off !~ /$signature_tags/) { + WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF", + "Non-standard signature: $sign_off\n" . $herecurr); + } if (defined $space_before && $space_before ne "") { WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF", "Do not use whitespace before $ucfirst_sign_off\n" . $herecurr); _ Subject: Subject: checkpatch: test for non-standard signatures Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch get_maintainer-fix-help-warning.patch printk-add-generic-functions-to-find-kern_level-headers.patch printk-add-kern_levelsh-to-make-kern_level-available-for-asm-use.patch arch-remove-direct-definitions-of-kern_level-uses.patch btrfs-use-printk_get_level-and-printk_skip_level-add-__printf-fix-fallout.patch btrfs-use-printk_get_level-and-printk_skip_level-add-__printf-fix-fallout-fix.patch btrfs-use-printk_get_level-and-printk_skip_level-add-__printf-fix-fallout-checkpatch-fixes.patch sound-use-printk_get_level-and-printk_skip_level.patch printk-convert-the-format-for-kern_level-to-a-2-byte-pattern.patch printk-only-look-for-prefix-levels-in-kernel-messages.patch printk-remove-the-now-unnecessary-c-annotation-for-kern_cont.patch vsprintf-add-%pmr-for-bluetooth-mac-address.patch vsprintf-add-%pmr-for-bluetooth-mac-address-fix.patch checkpatch-update-alignment-check.patch checkpatch-test-for-non-standard-signatures.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