Create scripts/rust_checkpatch.pl for Rust-specific linting logic.
Add a conditional loading hook in scripts/checkpatch.pl to call it.
This will allow Rust linting logic to be maintained independently.
Add a new entry to the MAINTAINERS file to track this new file.
Suggested-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Suggested-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jason Hall <jason.kei.hall@gmail.com>
---
MAINTAINERS | 6 ++++++
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 14 ++++++++++++++
scripts/rust_checkpatch.pl | 16 ++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 36 insertions(+)
create mode 100644 scripts/rust_checkpatch.pl
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 2c0bdd08b74c..57831dc30e6b 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -5880,6 +5880,12 @@ R: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
S: Maintained
F: scripts/checkpatch.pl
+CHECKPATCH RUST LINTS
+M: Jason Hall <jason.kei.hall@gmail.com>
+L: rust-for-linux@vger.kernel.org
+S: Maintained
+F: scripts/rust_checkpatch.pl
+
CHECKPATCH DOCUMENTATION
M: Dwaipayan Ray <dwaipayanray1@gmail.com>
M: Lukas Bulwahn <lukas.bulwahn@gmail.com>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index c0250244cf7a..f75cb70ad0dd 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ my $D = dirname(abs_path($P));
my $V = '0.32';
+my $rust_checkpatch_available = 0;
+if (-e "$D/rust_checkpatch.pl") {
+ require "$D/rust_checkpatch.pl";
+ $rust_checkpatch_available = 1;
+}
+
use Getopt::Long qw(:config no_auto_abbrev);
my $quiet = 0;
@@ -2947,6 +2953,14 @@ sub process {
$cnt_lines++ if ($realcnt != 0);
+# Check for Rust-specific lints
+ if ($rust_checkpatch_available && $realfile =~ /\.rs$/) {
+ my ($type, $msg) = process_rust($line, $rawline, $herecurr);
+ if ($type) {
+ WARN($type, $msg);
+ }
+ }
+
# Verify the existence of a commit log if appropriate
# 2 is used because a $signature is counted in $commit_log_lines
if ($in_commit_log) {
diff --git a/scripts/rust_checkpatch.pl b/scripts/rust_checkpatch.pl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..56c1bc29d3f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/rust_checkpatch.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+#
+# (c) 2026, Jason Hall <jason.kei.hall@gmail.com>
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+sub process_rust {
+ my ($line, $rawline, $herecurr) = @_;
+
+ # Reserve for future Rust-specific lints
+ return ();
+}
+
+1;
--
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