checkpatch: check for duplicate signatures
Emit a warning when a signature is used more than once.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
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 c00e510..7c79c91 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1544,6 +1544,7 @@
my %suppress_export;
my $suppress_statement = 0;
+ my %signatures = ();
# Pre-scan the patch sanitizing the lines.
# Pre-scan the patch looking for any __setup documentation.
@@ -1793,6 +1794,17 @@
"email address '$email' might be better as '$suggested_email$comment'\n" . $herecurr);
}
}
+
+# Check for duplicate signatures
+ my $sig_nospace = $line;
+ $sig_nospace =~ s/\s//g;
+ $sig_nospace = lc($sig_nospace);
+ if (defined $signatures{$sig_nospace}) {
+ WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF",
+ "Duplicate signature\n" . $herecurr);
+ } else {
+ $signatures{$sig_nospace} = 1;
+ }
}
# Check for wrappage within a valid hunk of the file