[PATCH 1/7] checkpatch: check Makefiles and Kconfigs for SPDX tag

From: trix
Date: Thu Jun 10 2021 - 17:45:43 EST


From: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>

Both Makefiles and Kconfigs should carry an SPDX tag.
Something like
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

Add a matcher to existing check

Signed-off-by: Tom Rix <trix@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index dad87c3686326..7fca3a7c38791 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3572,7 +3572,7 @@ sub process {
$comment = '/*';
} elsif ($realfile =~ /\.(c|dts|dtsi)$/) {
$comment = '//';
- } elsif (($checklicenseline == 2) || $realfile =~ /\.(sh|pl|py|awk|tc|yaml)$/) {
+ } elsif (($checklicenseline == 2) || $realfile =~ /\.(sh|pl|py|awk|tc|yaml)$|Kconfig|Makefile/) {
$comment = '#';
} elsif ($realfile =~ /\.rst$/) {
$comment = '..';
--
2.26.3