checkpatch: check networking specific block comment style

In an effort to get fewer checkpatch reviewer corrections, add a
networking specific style test for the preferred networking comment style.

	/* The preferred style for block comments in
	 * drivers/net/... and net/... is like this
	 */

These tests are only used in net/ and drivers/net/

Tested with:

$ cat drivers/net/t.c

/* foo */

/*
 * foo
 */

/* foo
 */

/* foo
 * bar */
$ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl -f drivers/net/t.c
WARNING: networking block comments don't use an empty /* line, use /* Comment...
#4: FILE: net/t.c:4:
+
+/*

WARNING: networking block comments put the trailing */ on a separate line
#12: FILE: net/t.c:12:
+ * bar */

total: 0 errors, 2 warnings, 12 lines checked

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: "Allan, Bruce W" <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 844af8b4c078686468b7308903deb70c035ab998..8e5ac71f42ee8fe99362acc42bfa089e4cb69f80 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1882,6 +1882,20 @@ sub process {
                            "No space is necessary after a cast\n" . $hereprev);
                }
 
+               if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ &&
+                   $rawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\/\*[ \t]*$/ &&
+                   $prevrawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*$/) {
+                       WARN("NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE",
+                            "networking block comments don't use an empty /* line, use /* Comment...\n" . $hereprev);
+               }
+
+               if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ &&
+                   $rawline !~ m@^\+[ \t]*(\/\*|\*\/)@ &&
+                   $rawline =~ m@^\+[ \t]*.+\*\/[ \t]*$@) {
+                       WARN("NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE",
+                            "networking block comments put the trailing */ on a separate line\n" . $herecurr);
+               }
+
 # check for spaces at the beginning of a line.
 # Exceptions:
 #  1) within comments