checkpatch: make --strict the default for drivers/staging files and patches
authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Wed, 9 Sep 2015 22:37:44 +0000 (15:37 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 10 Sep 2015 20:29:01 +0000 (13:29 -0700)
Making --strict the default for staging may help some people submit
patches without obvious defects.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
scripts/checkpatch.pl

index 7f309f0789a08777fdae09dd14aa1d307787af64..41ecae81de9983ed7baea77e0a78b786820250e3 100755 (executable)
@@ -2174,7 +2174,7 @@ sub process {
                }
 
                if ($found_file) {
-                       if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@) {
+                       if ($realfile =~ m@^(?:drivers/net/|net/|drivers/staging/)@) {
                                $check = 1;
                        } else {
                                $check = $check_orig;