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-rwxr-xr-xscripts/checkpatch.pl11
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 907e079e59fd..3cf05505e833 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2776,6 +2776,17 @@ sub process {
#print "is_start<$is_start> is_end<$is_end> length<$length>\n";
}
+# check for MAINTAINERS entries that don't have the right form
+ if ($realfile =~ /^MAINTAINERS$/ &&
+ $rawline =~ /^\+[A-Z]:/ &&
+ $rawline !~ /^\+[A-Z]:\t\S/) {
+ if (WARN("MAINTAINERS_STYLE",
+ "MAINTAINERS entries use one tab after TYPE:\n" . $herecurr) &&
+ $fix) {
+ $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/^(\+[A-Z]):\s*/$1:\t/;
+ }
+ }
+
# discourage the use of boolean for type definition attributes of Kconfig options
if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ &&
$line =~ /^\+\s*\bboolean\b/) {