linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] SPDX update for 5.2-rc3

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Message-ID: <2870be25585850e8968ed0e1237ac381a85b878c.camel@perches.com>
Date:   Sun, 02 Jun 2019 08:04:11 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-spdx@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] SPDX update for 5.2-rc3 - round 2

On Sun, 2019-06-02 at 08:39 +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> The second patch fixes up a number of places in the tree where people
> mistyped the string "SPDX-License-Identifier".  Given that people can
> not even type their own name all the time without mistakes, this was
> bound to happen, and odds are, we will have to add some type of check
> for this to checkpatch.pl to catch this happening in the future.
[]
>  arch/arm/kernel/bugs.c                | 2 +-
>  drivers/crypto/ux500/cryp/Makefile    | 2 +-
>  drivers/phy/st/phy-stm32-usbphyc.c    | 2 +-
>  drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/pfc-r8a77980.c | 2 +-
>  lib/test_stackinit.c                  | 2 +-
>  sound/soc/codecs/max9759.c            | 2 +-
>  6 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

checkpatch already gives a warning for each of these files
except the Makefile as it has no filename extension.
Filenames without extensions are not checked.

$ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f --types=SPDX_LICENSE_TAG --nosummary --terse \
	arch/arm/kernel/bugs.c \
	drivers/crypto/ux500/cryp/Makefile \
	drivers/phy/st/phy-stm32-usbphyc.c \
	drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/pfc-r8a77980.c \
	lib/test_stackinit.c \
	sound/soc/codecs/max9759.c
arch/arm/kernel/bugs.c:1: WARNING: Missing or malformed SPDX-License-Identifier tag in line 1
drivers/phy/st/phy-stm32-usbphyc.c:1: WARNING: Missing or malformed SPDX-License-Identifier tag in line 1
drivers/pinctrl/sh-pfc/pfc-r8a77980.c:1: WARNING: Missing or malformed SPDX-License-Identifier tag in line 1
lib/test_stackinit.c:1: WARNING: Missing or malformed SPDX-License-Identifier tag in line 1
sound/soc/codecs/max9759.c:1: WARNING: Missing or malformed SPDX-License-Identifier tag in line 1