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| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 3642b0d5ad6a..9c720e1261e9 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2170,6 +2170,13 @@ sub process { } } +# Check email subject for common tools that don't need to be mentioned + if ($in_header_lines && + $line =~ /^Subject:.*\b(?:checkpatch|sparse|smatch)\b[^:]/i) { + WARN("EMAIL_SUBJECT", + "A patch subject line should describe the change not the tool that found it\n" . $herecurr); + } + # Check for old stable address if ($line =~ /^\s*cc:\s*.*<?\bstable\@kernel\.org\b>?.*$/i) { ERROR("STABLE_ADDRESS", |