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Diffstat (limited to 'tools')
-rwxr-xr-x | tools/scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/tools/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/tools/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 9cae83a..b3a0854 100755 --- a/tools/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/tools/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1631,6 +1631,14 @@ sub process { $rpt_cleaners = 1; } + if ($rawline =~ /\bwrite to the Free/i || + $rawline =~ /\b59\s+Temple\s+Pl/i || + $rawline =~ /\b51\s+Franklin\s+St/i) { + my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($rawline) . "\n"; + my $msg_type = \&ERROR; + ERROR("Do not include the paragraph about writing to the Free Software Foundation's mailing address from the sample GPL notice. The FSF has changed addresses in the past, and may do so again. Linux already includes a copy of the GPL.\n" . $herevet) + } + # check for Kconfig help text having a real description # Only applies when adding the entry originally, after that we do not have # sufficient context to determine whether it is indeed long enough. |