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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl18
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 5b756278df13..bbe71f017f6d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2687,6 +2687,24 @@ sub process {
} else {
$signatures{$sig_nospace} = 1;
}
+
+# Check Co-developed-by: immediately followed by Signed-off-by: with same name and email
+ if ($sign_off =~ /^co-developed-by:$/i) {
+ if ($email eq $author) {
+ WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF",
+ "Co-developed-by: should not be used to attribute nominal patch author '$author'\n" . "$here\n" . $rawline);
+ }
+ if (!defined $lines[$linenr]) {
+ WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF",
+ "Co-developed-by: must be immediately followed by Signed-off-by:\n" . "$here\n" . $rawline);
+ } elsif ($rawlines[$linenr] !~ /^\s*signed-off-by:\s*(.*)/i) {
+ WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF",
+ "Co-developed-by: must be immediately followed by Signed-off-by:\n" . "$here\n" . $rawline . "\n" .$rawlines[$linenr]);
+ } elsif ($1 ne $email) {
+ WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF",
+ "Co-developed-by and Signed-off-by: name/email do not match \n" . "$here\n" . $rawline . "\n" .$rawlines[$linenr]);
+ }
+ }
}
# Check email subject for common tools that don't need to be mentioned