If a file imported from Linux is touched, emit a warning and suggest
using scripts/update-linux-headers.sh
Signed-off-by: Stefano Garzarella <sgarz...@redhat.com>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index ff373a7083..b0e8266fa2 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1374,6 +1374,7 @@ sub process {
my $in_header_lines = $file ? 0 : 1;
my $in_commit_log = 0; #Scanning lines before patch
my $reported_maintainer_file = 0;
+ my $reported_imported_file = 0;
my $non_utf8_charset = 0;
our @report = ();
@@ -1673,8 +1674,17 @@ sub process {
# ignore non-hunk lines and lines being removed
next if (!$hunk_line || $line =~ /^-/);
-# ignore files that are being periodically imported from Linux
- next if ($realfile =~
/^(linux-headers|include\/standard-headers)\//);
+# ignore files that are being periodically imported from Linux and emit a
warning
+ if ($realfile =~
/^(linux-headers|include\/standard-headers)\//) {
+ if (!$reported_imported_file) {
+ $reported_imported_file = 1;
+ WARN("added, moved or deleted file(s) " .
+ "imported from Linux, are you using " .
+ "scripts/update-linux-headers.sh?\n" .
+ $herecurr);
+ }
+ next;
+ }
#trailing whitespace
if ($line =~ /^\+.*\015/) {
--
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