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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index cbbeb3830a48..8d8d26b5cbbd 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: |