From 495e9d84607cda966ba6d223d5eb9df0070cd21a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:05:37 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: warn on uapi #includes that #include <uapi/... Avoid specifying internal uapi #include paths with uapi/... as userspace should not use and never see that. Neaten message line wrapping above. Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: Andy Whitcroft <apw@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 1d6e4c541370..4d2c7dfdaabd 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2226,8 +2226,11 @@ sub process { my $path = $1; if ($path =~ m{//}) { ERROR("MALFORMED_INCLUDE", - "malformed #include filename\n" . - $herecurr); + "malformed #include filename\n" . $herecurr); + } + if ($path =~ "^uapi/" && $realfile =~ m@\binclude/uapi/@) { + ERROR("UAPI_INCLUDE", + "No #include in ...include/uapi/... should use a uapi/ path prefix\n" . $herecurr); } } -- GitLab