From a605e32ebde25dc31f943fecb30e3e28079ccd06 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 15:05:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: warn when networking block comment lines don't
 start with *

Some block comments in network are written as:

	/* block comment line 1
	   block comment line 2
	 */

Emit a warning on the "block comment line 2" because it should be

	/* block comment line 1
	 * block comment line 2
	 */

This warning is only emitted on the second line of a block comment.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index a3922d0e4d25..576139a508a3 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1897,6 +1897,14 @@ sub process {
 			     "networking block comments don't use an empty /* line, use /* Comment...\n" . $hereprev);
 		}
 
+		if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ &&
+		    $prevrawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\/\*/ &&		#starting /*
+		    $prevrawline !~ /\*\/[ \t]*$/ &&		#no trailing */
+		    $rawline !~ /^\+[ \t]*\*/) {		#no leading *
+			WARN("NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE",
+			     "networking block comments start with * on subsequent lines\n" . $hereprev);
+		}
+
 		if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ &&
 		    $rawline !~ m@^\+[ \t]*\*/[ \t]*$@ &&	#trailing */
 		    $rawline !~ m@^\+.*/\*.*\*/[ \t]*$@ &&	#inline /*...*/
-- 
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