checkpatch: validate SPDX license with spdxcheck.py
authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Wed, 22 Aug 2018 04:57:47 +0000 (21:57 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:52:48 +0000 (10:52 -0700)
Use the existing scripts/spdxcheck.py to validate any
SPDX-License-Identifier found in line 1 or 2 of patches or files.

Miscellanea:

o Properly indent the existing SPDX-License-Identifier block.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/05b832407b24e0a27e419906187cd863bc1617c7.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Acked-by: Rob Herring <robh@kernel.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
scripts/checkpatch.pl

index 34e4683de7a3fe524d86d3046ab2b8eb322d3ffd..4523dd6d04765b4d386641fab034afc5d0836d24 100755 (executable)
@@ -849,6 +849,16 @@ sub is_maintained_obsolete {
        return $status =~ /obsolete/i;
 }
 
+sub is_SPDX_License_valid {
+       my ($license) = @_;
+
+       return 1 if (!$tree || which("python") eq "" || !(-e "$root/scripts/spdxcheck.py"));
+
+       my $status = `echo "$license" | python $root/scripts/spdxcheck.py -`;
+       return 0 if ($status ne "");
+       return 1;
+}
+
 my $camelcase_seeded = 0;
 sub seed_camelcase_includes {
        return if ($camelcase_seeded);
@@ -2978,8 +2988,14 @@ sub process {
 
                                if ($comment !~ /^$/ &&
                                    $rawline !~ /^\+\Q$comment\E SPDX-License-Identifier: /) {
-                                       WARN("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG",
-                                            "Missing or malformed SPDX-License-Identifier tag in line $checklicenseline\n" . $herecurr);
+                                        WARN("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG",
+                                             "Missing or malformed SPDX-License-Identifier tag in line $checklicenseline\n" . $herecurr);
+                               } elsif ($rawline =~ /(SPDX-License-Identifier: .*)/) {
+                                        my $spdx_license = $1;
+                                        if (!is_SPDX_License_valid($spdx_license)) {
+                                                 WARN("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG",
+                                                      "'$spdx_license' is not supported in LICENSES/...\n" . $herecurr);
+                                        }
                                }
                        }
                }