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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 3765b0e..06ec14e 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1402,6 +1402,10 @@ sub process {
$is_patch = 1;
}
+ if ($line =~ /^Author: .*via Qemu-devel.*<qemu-devel\@nongnu.org>/) {
+ ERROR("Author email address is mangled by the mailing list\n" . $herecurr);
+ }
+
#check the patch for a signoff:
if ($line =~ /^\s*signed-off-by:/i) {
# This is a signoff, if ugly, so do not double report.