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authorJohannes Berg2024-08-19 11:09:43 +0200
committerDavid S. Miller2024-08-23 10:21:02 +0100
commit82b8000c28b56b014ce52a1f1581bef4af148681 (patch)
tree98b2d0e68fb0c03e023189a52b76ece167cacaa7 /scripts/checkpatch.pl
parent979b581e4c69257acab1af415ddad6b2d78a2fa5 (diff)
net: drop special comment style
As we discussed in the room at netdevconf earlier this week, drop the requirement for special comment style for netdev. For checkpatch, the general check accepts both right now, so simply drop the special request there as well. Acked-by: Stephen Hemminger <stephen@networkplumber.org> Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes.berg@intel.com> Acked-by: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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1 files changed, 0 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 39032224d504..4427572b2477 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4015,16 +4015,6 @@ sub process {
}
}
-# Block comment styles
-# Networking with an initial /*
- if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ &&
- $prevrawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\/\*[ \t]*$/ &&
- $rawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\*/ &&
- $realline > 3) { # Do not warn about the initial copyright comment block after SPDX-License-Identifier
- WARN("NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE",
- "networking block comments don't use an empty /* line, use /* Comment...\n" . $hereprev);
- }
-
# Block comments use * on subsequent lines
if ($prevline =~ /$;[ \t]*$/ && #ends in comment
$prevrawline =~ /^\+.*?\/\*/ && #starting /*