checkpatch: improve network block comment test and message
Show the first line of the comment after a line with just /* to better
show where the defective comment style is in the file.
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 2f61b5c..a3922d0 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1891,8 +1891,8 @@
}
if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ &&
- $rawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\/\*[ \t]*$/ &&
- $prevrawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*$/) {
+ $prevrawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\/\*[ \t]*$/ &&
+ $rawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\*/) {
WARN("NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE",
"networking block comments don't use an empty /* line, use /* Comment...\n" . $hereprev);
}