scripts: checkpatch.pl: warn on invalid credentials
@quicinc.com identities are not allowed. Check the "From:" field in the
patch, equivalent to the author in the git commit, and the Signed-off-by
field.
Signed-off-by: Bryan Huntsman <bryanh@codeaurora.org>
Signed-off-by: Stepan Moskovchenko <stepanm@codeaurora.org>
[imaund@codeaurora.org: Resolved context conflicts]
Signed-off-by: Ian Maund <imaund@codeaurora.org>
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 943f794..c12276c 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2424,6 +2424,10 @@
"email address '$email' might be better as '$suggested_email$comment'\n" . $herecurr);
}
}
+ if ($line =~ /^\s*signed-off-by:.*(quicinc|qualcomm)\.com/i) {
+ WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF",
+ "invalid Signed-off-by identity\n" . $line );
+ }
# Check for duplicate signatures
my $sig_nospace = $line;
@@ -2555,6 +2559,11 @@
"added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating?\n" . $herecurr);
}
+#check the patch for invalid author credentials
+ if ($line =~ /^From:.*(quicinc|qualcomm)\.com/) {
+ WARN("BAD_AUTHOR", "invalid author identity\n" . $line );
+ }
+
# Check for wrappage within a valid hunk of the file
if ($realcnt != 0 && $line !~ m{^(?:\+|-| |\\ No newline|$)}) {
ERROR("CORRUPTED_PATCH",