checkpatch: test for non-standard signatures

JoePerches · torvalds · commit ce0338df3c9a · 2012-07-30T17:25:17.000-07:00
Warn on non-standard signature styles.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches &lt;joe@perches.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1600,13 +1600,17 @@ sub process {
 
 # Check signature styles
 		if (!$in_header_lines &&
-		    $line =~ /^(\s*)($signature_tags)(\s*)(.*)/) {
+		    $line =~ /^(\s*)([a-z0-9_-]+by:|$signature_tags)(\s*)(.*)/i) {
 			my $space_before = $1;
 			my $sign_off = $2;
 			my $space_after = $3;
 			my $email = $4;
 			my $ucfirst_sign_off = ucfirst(lc($sign_off));
 
+			if ($sign_off !~ /$signature_tags/) {
+				WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF",
+				     "Non-standard signature: $sign_off\n" . $herecurr);
+			}
 			if (defined $space_before && $space_before ne "") {
 				WARN("BAD_SIGN_OFF",
 				     "Do not use whitespace before $ucfirst_sign_off\n" . $herecurr);
