Commit a8da38a9 authored by Joe Perches's avatar Joe Perches Committed by Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: add test for SPDX-License-Identifier on wrong line #

Warn when any SPDX-License-Identifier: tag is not created on the proper
line number.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/9b74ee87f8c1b8fd310e213fcb4994d58610fcb6.camel@perches.comSigned-off-by: default avatarJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Cc: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@metux.net>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
parent 98005e8c
......@@ -3073,6 +3073,14 @@ sub process {
# check we are in a valid source file if not then ignore this hunk
next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|s|S|sh|dtsi|dts)$/);
# check for using SPDX-License-Identifier on the wrong line number
if ($realline != $checklicenseline &&
$rawline =~ /\bSPDX-License-Identifier:/ &&
substr($line, @-, @+ - @-) eq "$;" x (@+ - @-)) {
WARN("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG",
"Misplaced SPDX-License-Identifier tag - use line $checklicenseline instead\n" . $herecurr);
}
# line length limit (with some exclusions)
#
# There are a few types of lines that may extend beyond $max_line_length:
......
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