There were 2 changes introduced in checkpatch.pl script [1][2]
which verify if Reported-by tag is followed by Link or Closes tag.
Example of the warning output:
WARNING:BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK:
Reported-by: should be immediately followed by Closes:
with a URL to the report
Original purpose is to link the patch to the mailing list discussion
and/or a bug report.
Since in DPDK these tags are not used, these warnings are false
positives and can be ignored in devtools/checkpatches.sh.
[1]:
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d7f1d71e5ef630ab9e15b5821d297a9e1a5fa1da
[2]:
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/44c31888098a590b8ec5ba37009e5a983f7c4b46
Signed-off-by: Dariusz Sosnowski <dsosnow...@nvidia.com>
---
devtools/checkpatches.sh | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/devtools/checkpatches.sh b/devtools/checkpatches.sh
index 35037aa8f1..8c5b5d1380 100755
--- a/devtools/checkpatches.sh
+++ b/devtools/checkpatches.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ VOLATILE,PREFER_PACKED,PREFER_ALIGNED,PREFER_PRINTF,STRLCPY,\
PREFER_KERNEL_TYPES,PREFER_FALLTHROUGH,BIT_MACRO,CONST_STRUCT,\
SPLIT_STRING,LONG_LINE_STRING,C99_COMMENT_TOLERANCE,\
LINE_SPACING,PARENTHESIS_ALIGNMENT,NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE,\
-NEW_TYPEDEFS,COMPARISON_TO_NULL,AVOID_BUG,EXPORT_SYMBOL"
+NEW_TYPEDEFS,COMPARISON_TO_NULL,AVOID_BUG,EXPORT_SYMBOL,BAD_REPORTED_BY_LINK"
options="$options $DPDK_CHECKPATCH_OPTIONS"
print_usage () {
--
2.39.5
