From a8da38a9cf0e9889a6334bbd6e7364307b571cc1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2019 16:28:42 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] 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.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
Cc: "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <lkml@metux.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 ++++++++
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index cbbeb3830a487..8d8d26b5cbbd8 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -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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