From c06a9ebdb7a4f4823d4225fe789d8c20a1d534eb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 13:35:11 -0600 Subject: checkpatch: revert --strict test for net/ and drivers/net block comment style Revert the --strict test for the old preferred block comment style in drivers/net and net/ Reported-by: Ingo Molnar Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index de639ee..faea0ec 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1869,12 +1869,6 @@ sub process { "No space is necessary after a cast\n" . $hereprev); } - if ($rawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\/\*[ \t]*$/ && - $prevrawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*$/) { - CHK("BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE", - "Don't begin block comments with only a /* line, use /* comment...\n" . $hereprev); - } - # check for spaces at the beginning of a line. # Exceptions: # 1) within comments -- cgit v0.10.2