From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.1 (2015-04-28) on archive.lwn.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.1 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by archive.lwn.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D34187D2EE for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2018 20:18:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726609AbeHTXfw (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Aug 2018 19:35:52 -0400 Received: from mga11.intel.com ([192.55.52.93]:35276 "EHLO mga11.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726089AbeHTXfw (ORCPT ); Mon, 20 Aug 2018 19:35:52 -0400 X-Amp-Result: UNKNOWN X-Amp-Original-Verdict: FILE UNKNOWN X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False Received: from orsmga008.jf.intel.com ([10.7.209.65]) by fmsmga102.fm.intel.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 20 Aug 2018 13:18:51 -0700 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.53,266,1531810800"; d="asc'?scan'208";a="66737207" Received: from jtkirshe-desk1.jf.intel.com ([134.134.177.59]) by orsmga008.jf.intel.com with ESMTP; 20 Aug 2018 13:18:50 -0700 Message-ID: <8cf91e5fb848eecd98a2f9493387906b3a5f1506.camel@intel.com> Subject: Checkpatch False positive From: Jeff Kirsher Reply-To: jeffrey.t.kirsher@intel.com To: Andy Whitcroft , Joe Perches Cc: netdev , Linux Docs Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2018 13:21:30 -0700 Organization: Intel Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-Zj6dTE/inR32q4gAsWeR" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.28.5 (3.28.5-1.fc28) Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-doc-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-doc@vger.kernel.org --=-Zj6dTE/inR32q4gAsWeR Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Checkpatch.pl should probably exclude *.rst files from the SPDX License Identifier check, since they are documentational files, like *.txt.=20 Here is the warning message I got on a recent documentation patch I created. WARNING: Missing or malformed SPDX-License-Identifier tag in line 1 #28: FILE: Documentation/networking/fm10k.rst:1: +Linux* Base Driver for Intel(R) Ethernet Multi-host Controller total: 0 errors, 1 warnings, 0 checks, 162 lines checked NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix- inplace. .apply/v4-Documentation-fm10k-Add-kernel-documentation.patch has style problems, please review. NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS. --=-Zj6dTE/inR32q4gAsWeR Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEiTyZWz+nnTrOJ1LZ5W/vlVpL7c4FAlt7IsoACgkQ5W/vlVpL 7c5NTA/+MG99h5O1dc507JtRFykv/67ENLnVFlczVoQM1y6bbvEFds5P8rnkfflz hVnrrsQoSBKpLbRJaLn/tKltKuN/Y1l93AfOjFhE0WTI4zlOaEom4k9tQ3N9KfLi YzqQHshrsSwqTGucR2iVCkvSRQoazl4VihvBazUUUzaFsPNg/Kv2VfPCsKgByzw/ rHUSTuTV/tlJLkz90PXPxjI4xCz58LYC6i2M+7u1iQKfjR5Lbd9m/FJ6JoDfU+bQ DJrVxdZZQPC+cYvOPNj7hX/qyoVsgjsKExlpPfuQELyczhkUEQ8r7LqwLNE7Jou4 eyfW20bV7f58r/HSkwXfKF1SXFwl1l+id3C2eVAwTz6MnPCattDpozRj+ItTHRXM MttTHHZ4HNvQYRx+Zyumb/19hxeXCGbAFjGzTaM1TzvH1qeWQn2SxuNX3BLyMeTD m+cEW/YGVu2/NQq+EZd+cjHGe5B9EjWUaaDEWCBpPRFiiT/T6ri2qMxBqfQIutuf FbQqW6a9P+YLo45YmzhSlrsuRpVYOXMB+m5VndSaIe//3g+MAsfHm/0ZsDDXXd0c qBlttU1FJsrXASwmqN2TnlSnRuT/vEhZbmtILO6GCElpuAyMf65lhtMXPs8vz0iS VjduoIRQTrq//hX/WhiWzA9L2wS7Vb9//p6jtEp/IdifEpHCdW0= =Hd99 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Zj6dTE/inR32q4gAsWeR--