linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: Verify SPDX comment style

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:   Thu, 10 Jan 2019 16:05:11 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:     Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Verify SPDX comment style

Using SPDX commenting style // or /* is specified for
various file types in Documentation/process/license-rules.rst
so add an appropriate test for .[chsS] files because many
proposed file additions and patches do not use the correct style.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 155fa9305166..44c2a876be43 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3039,6 +3039,14 @@ sub process {
 					$comment = '..';
 				}
 
+# check SPDX comment style for .[chsS] files
+				if ($realfile =~ /\.[chsS]$/ &&
+				    $rawline =~ /SPDX-License-Identifier:/ &&
+				    $rawline !~ /^\+\s*\Q$comment\E\s*/) {
+					WARN("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG",
+					     "Improper SPDX comment style for '$realfile', please use '$comment' instead\n" . $herecurr);
+				}
+
 				if ($comment !~ /^$/ &&
 				    $rawline !~ /^\+\Q$comment\E SPDX-License-Identifier: /) {
 					 WARN("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG",