linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch: Fix false positive on empty block comment lines

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Date:   Fri,  2 Oct 2020 21:15:25 +0200
From:   Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com>
To:     Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Bartłomiej Żolnierkiewicz 
        <b.zolnierkie@...sung.com>,
        Marek Szyprowski <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
        Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: Fix false positive on empty block comment lines

To avoid false positives in presence of SPDX-License-Identifier in
networking files it is required to increase the leeway for empty block
comment lines by one line.

Signed-off-by: Łukasz Stelmach <l.stelmach@...sung.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a213cdb82ab0..60e10da4cccb 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3460,7 +3460,7 @@ sub process {
 		if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ &&
 		    $prevrawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\/\*[ \t]*$/ &&
 		    $rawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\*/ &&
-		    $realline > 2) {
+		    $realline > 3) {
 			WARN("NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE",
 			     "networking block comments don't use an empty /* line, use /* Comment...\n" . $hereprev);
 		}
-- 
2.26.2