+ checkpatch-improve-network-block-comment-test-and-message.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm@linux-foundation.org]

Subject: + checkpatch-improve-network-block-comment-test-and-message.patch added to -mm tree
To: joe@perches.com
From: akpm@linux-foundation.org
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 15:50:33 -0700


The patch titled
     Subject: checkpatch: improve network block comment test and message
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     checkpatch-improve-network-block-comment-test-and-message.patch

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From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Subject: checkpatch: improve network block comment test and message

Show the first line of the comment after a line with just /* to better
show where the defective comment style is in the file.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-improve-network-block-comment-test-and-message scripts/checkpatch.pl
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-improve-network-block-comment-test-and-message
+++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1891,8 +1891,8 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 		if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ &&
-		    $rawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\/\*[ \t]*$/ &&
-		    $prevrawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*$/) {
+		    $prevrawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\/\*[ \t]*$/ &&
+		    $rawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\*/) {
 			WARN("NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE",
 			     "networking block comments don't use an empty /* line, use /* Comment...\n" . $hereprev);
 		}
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from joe@perches.com are

linux-next.patch
checkpatch-change-camelcase-test-and-make-it-strict.patch
checkpatch-warn-when-using-gccs-binary-constant-extension.patch
checkpatch-add-strict-preference-for-p-=-kmallocsizeofp.patch
checkpatch-remove-quote-from-camelcase-test.patch
checkpatch-improve-network-block-comment-test-and-message.patch
checkpatch-warn-when-networking-block-comment-lines-dont-start-with.patch
checkpatch-warn-on-comparisons-to-jiffies.patch
checkpatch-warn-on-comparisons-to-get_jiffies_64.patch
checkpatch-reduce-false-positive-rate-of-complex-macros.patch
checkpatch-add-a-placeholder-to-check-blank-lines-before-declarations.patch
checkpatch-dont-warn-on-blank-lines-before-after-braces-as-often.patch
checkpatch-add-a-strict-test-for-comparison-to-true-false.patch
checkpatch-improve-no-space-after-cast-test.patch
checkpatch-create-an-experimental-fix-option-to-correct-patches.patch
checkpatch-move-test-for-space-before-semicolon-after-operator-spacing.patch