linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: No additional checking of SPDX License Identifier necessary

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Date:   Fri, 13 Mar 2020 01:21:56 -0700
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     Scott Branden <scott.branden@...adcom.com>,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bcm-kernel-feedback-list@...adcom.com
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: No additional checking of SPDX License
 Identifier necessary

If checkpatch is run with --ignore=C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE it
will warn on almost every .c file because linux kernel style
requires use of a C99 comment // SPDX-License-Identifier:

checkpatch does not need to do any additional per-line checking
after checking the SPDX-License-Identifier line.

This allows the C99 comment style for SPDK-License-Identifier
even if C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE is specified by an --ignore option.

Original-patch-by: Scott Branden <scott.branden@...adcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 529c892..3f2ae7 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3171,6 +3171,7 @@ sub process {
 						WARN("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG",
 						     "'$spdx_license' is not supported in LICENSES/...\n" . $herecurr);
 					}
+					next;
 				}
 			}
 		}