checkpatch: fix networking kernel-doc block comment defect
checkpatch can generate a false positive when inserting a new kernel-doc
block and function above an existing kernel-doc block.
Fix it by checking that the context line is also a newly inserted line.
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Reported-by: Darren Hart <dvhart@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e2cb1f4..9185883 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2086,6 +2086,7 @@
if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ &&
$prevrawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\/\*/ && #starting /*
$prevrawline !~ /\*\/[ \t]*$/ && #no trailing */
+ $rawline =~ /^\+/ && #line is new
$rawline !~ /^\+[ \t]*\*/) { #no leading *
WARN("NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE",
"networking block comments start with * on subsequent lines\n" . $hereprev);