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Mon, 22 Sep 2025 02:37:14 -0700 (PDT) From: =?UTF-8?q?Alex=20Benn=C3=A9e?= To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Cc: Palmer Dabbelt , Alexandre Iooss , Mahmoud Mandour , qemu-riscv@nongnu.org, Daniel Henrique Barboza , Thomas Huth , Peter Maydell , =?UTF-8?q?Alex=20Benn=C3=A9e?= , Alistair Francis , qemu-arm@nongnu.org, =?UTF-8?q?Philippe=20Mathieu-Daud=C3=A9?= , Weiwei Li , Pierrick Bouvier , Liu Zhiwei , Nabih Estefan , =?UTF-8?q?Daniel=20P=2E=20Berrang=C3=A9?= Subject: [PATCH 03/25] checkpatch: Ignore removed lines in license check Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:36:48 +0100 Message-ID: <20250922093711.2768983-4-alex.bennee@linaro.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.47.3 In-Reply-To: <20250922093711.2768983-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org> References: <20250922093711.2768983-1-alex.bennee@linaro.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Received-SPF: pass (zohomail.com: domain of gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.51.188.17; envelope-from=qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org; helo=lists.gnu.org; Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2a00:1450:4864:20::42e; envelope-from=alex.bennee@linaro.org; helo=mail-wr1-x42e.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, T_SPF_TEMPERROR=0.01 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: qemu-devel@nongnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org Sender: qemu-devel-bounces+importer=patchew.org@nongnu.org X-ZohoMail-DKIM: pass (identity @linaro.org) X-ZM-MESSAGEID: 1758533983427116600 From: Nabih Estefan When running the license check, if we are updating a license it is possible for the checkpatch script to test against old license lines instead of newer ones, since the removal lines appear before the addition lines in a .patch file. Fix this by skipping over lines that start with "-" in the checkpatch script. Signed-off-by: Nabih Estefan Reviewed-by: Daniel P. Berrang=C3=A9 Reviewed-by: Alex Benn=C3=A9e Message-ID: <20250916165928.10048-1-nabihestefan@google.com> Signed-off-by: Alex Benn=C3=A9e --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 91616c974f2..40b6955c698 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1816,7 +1816,8 @@ sub process { } =20 # Check SPDX-License-Identifier references a permitted license - if ($rawline =3D~ m,SPDX-License-Identifier: (.*?)(\*/)?\s*$,) { + if (($rawline =3D~ m,SPDX-License-Identifier: (.*?)(\*/)?\s*$,) && + $rawline !~ /^-/) { $fileinfo->{facts}->{sawspdx} =3D 1; &checkspdx($realfile, $1); } --=20 2.47.3