checkpatch: revert --strict test for net/ and drivers/net block comment style

JoePerches · torvalds · commit c06a9ebdb7a4 · 2012-04-16T12:44:38.000-07:00
Revert the --strict test for the old preferred block
comment style in drivers/net and net/

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar &lt;mingo@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches &lt;joe@perches.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
diff --git 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
