linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] checkpatch: test missing initial blank line in block comment

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Date:   Mon, 03 Apr 2017 12:06:40 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Hugues Fruchet <hugues.fruchet@...com>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] checkpatch: test missing initial blank line in block
 comment

On Mon, 2017-04-03 at 10:08 +0200, Hugues Fruchet wrote:
> Warn when block comments are not starting with blank comment:
> 
> /* multiple lines
>  * block comment,
>  * => warning
>  */
> 
> /*
>  * multiple lines
>  * block comment,
>  * => no warning
>  */
> 
> Exception made for networking files where rule is the
> exact opposite.

I recall there was some reason I didn't do this
when adding the block comment code, but I don't
recall what it was.  Perhaps it was the initial
line of files.

Maybe your $realline > 2 test fixes it.  Maybe not.
Dunno.

If you run this against the entire kernel code
using a unique test type and not BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE
are there any false positives?

Maybe test with something like:

$ git ls-files -- "*.[ch]" | \
  xargs --max-args 20 ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f --types=<your_unique_test>