Subject: + checkpatch-warn-when-networking-block-comment-lines-dont-start-with.patch added to -mm tree To: joe@xxxxxxxxxxx From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:50:34 -0700 The patch titled Subject: checkpatch: warn when networking block comment lines don't start with * has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is checkpatch-warn-when-networking-block-comment-lines-dont-start-with.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: warn when networking block comment lines don't start with * Some block comments in network are written as: /* block comment line 1 block comment line 2 */ Emit a warning on the "block comment line 2" because it should be /* block comment line 1 * block comment line 2 */ This warning is only emitted on the second line of a block comment. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-warn-when-networking-block-comment-lines-dont-start-with scripts/checkpatch.pl --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-warn-when-networking-block-comment-lines-dont-start-with +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1898,6 +1898,14 @@ sub process { } if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ && + $prevrawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\/\*/ && #starting /* + $prevrawline !~ /\*\/[ \t]*$/ && #no trailing */ + $rawline !~ /^\+[ \t]*\*/) { #no leading * + WARN("NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE", + "networking block comments start with * on subsequent lines\n" . $hereprev); + } + + if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ && $rawline !~ m@^\+[ \t]*\*/[ \t]*$@ && #trailing */ $rawline !~ m@^\+.*/\*.*\*/[ \t]*$@ && #inline /*...*/ $rawline !~ m@^\+.*\*{2,}/[ \t]*$@ && #trailing **/ _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@xxxxxxxxxxx are linux-next.patch checkpatch-change-camelcase-test-and-make-it-strict.patch checkpatch-warn-when-using-gccs-binary-constant-extension.patch checkpatch-add-strict-preference-for-p-=-kmallocsizeofp.patch checkpatch-remove-quote-from-camelcase-test.patch checkpatch-improve-network-block-comment-test-and-message.patch checkpatch-warn-when-networking-block-comment-lines-dont-start-with.patch checkpatch-warn-on-comparisons-to-jiffies.patch checkpatch-warn-on-comparisons-to-get_jiffies_64.patch checkpatch-reduce-false-positive-rate-of-complex-macros.patch checkpatch-add-a-placeholder-to-check-blank-lines-before-declarations.patch checkpatch-dont-warn-on-blank-lines-before-after-braces-as-often.patch checkpatch-add-a-strict-test-for-comparison-to-true-false.patch checkpatch-improve-no-space-after-cast-test.patch checkpatch-create-an-experimental-fix-option-to-correct-patches.patch checkpatch-move-test-for-space-before-semicolon-after-operator-spacing.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