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Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 14 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 5971b0c11616..5219280bf7ff 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2251,6 +2251,7 @@ sub process { my $author = ''; my $authorsignoff = 0; my $is_patch = 0; + my $is_binding_patch = -1; my $in_header_lines = $file ? 0 : 1; my $in_commit_log = 0; #Scanning lines before patch my $has_commit_log = 0; #Encountered lines before patch @@ -2501,6 +2502,19 @@ sub process { $check = $check_orig; } $checklicenseline = 1; + + if ($realfile !~ /^MAINTAINERS/) { + my $last_binding_patch = $is_binding_patch; + + $is_binding_patch = () = $realfile =~ m@^(?:Documentation/devicetree/|include/dt-bindings/)@; + + if (($last_binding_patch != -1) && + ($last_binding_patch ^ $is_binding_patch)) { + WARN("DT_SPLIT_BINDING_PATCH", + "DT binding docs and includes should be a separate patch. See: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt\n"); + } + } + next; } |