user/sven/linux.git/scripts/checkpatch.pl, branch v4.2.4

checkpatch: fix long line messages about patch context

2015-07-17T23:39:53Z

Changes in ("checkpatch: categorize some long line length checks") now erroneously reports long line defects in patch context. Fix it. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Reported-by: Dan Carpenter Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: emit "NOTE: " message only once after multiple files

2015-06-26T00:00:42Z

Make this message similar to the "false positives" message and emit it only once when scanning multiple files instead of after each file scanned. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Cc: Andy Whitcroft Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: emit an error when there's a diff in a changelog

2015-06-26T00:00:42Z

People often put diff snippets in changelogs. This causes problems when one tries to apply a file containing both the changelog and the diff because patch(1) tries to apply the diff which it found in the changelog. Warn once when what seems to be a diff snippet in the changelog exists. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Suggested-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: validate MODULE_LICENSE content

2015-06-26T00:00:42Z

There is a well defined list of expected values for MODULE_LICENSE so warn the user upon usage of unknown values. Signed-off-by: Bjorn Andersson Cc: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: add multi-line handling for PREFER_ETHER_ADDR_COPY

2015-06-26T00:00:42Z

Handle multi-line memcpy() properly. Signed-off-by: Mateusz Kulikowski Acked-by: Joe Perches Cc: David Miller Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: suggest using eth_zero_addr() and eth_broadcast_addr()

2015-06-26T00:00:42Z

Suggest using eth_zero_addr() or eth_broadcast_addr() instead of memset(). Signed-off-by: Mateusz Kulikowski Acked-by: Joe Perches Cc: David Miller Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: fix processing of MEMSET issues

2015-06-26T00:00:42Z

Remove 's' modifier to avoid reporting the same warning several times. Signed-off-by: Mateusz Kulikowski Acked-by: Joe Perches Cc: David Miller Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: suggest using ether_addr_equal*()

2015-06-26T00:00:42Z

Check if memcmp() is used to compare ethernet addresses and suggest using ether_addr_equal() or ether_addr_equal_unaligned() Signed-off-by: Mateusz Kulikowski Acked-by: Joe Perches Cc: David Miller Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: avoid NOT_UNIFIED_DIFF errors on cover-letter.patch files

2015-06-26T00:00:42Z

Make an exception for the "Does not appear to be a unified-diff" error when scanning what appears to be git generated cover letters. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Suggested-by: Rasmus Villemoes Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: remove local from codespell path

2015-06-26T00:00:41Z

local is typically used for manually installed apps. For apps installed from distro the right path is /usr/share. Signed-off-by: Maxim Uvarov Acked-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds