checkpatch: fix networking kernel-doc block comment defect

checkpatch can generate a false positive when inserting a new kernel-doc
block and function above an existing kernel-doc block.

Fix it by checking that the context line is also a newly inserted line.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <[email protected]>
Reported-by: Darren Hart <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index e2cb1f4621b7e710332a59aa52cd26f315306c37..9185883f5885b9c24d939781288534a67483fc85 100755 (executable)
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2086,6 +2086,7 @@ sub process {
                if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ &&
                    $prevrawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\/\*/ &&          #starting /*
                    $prevrawline !~ /\*\/[ \t]*$/ &&            #no trailing */
+                   $rawline =~ /^\+/ &&                        #line is new
                    $rawline !~ /^\+[ \t]*\*/) {                #no leading *
                        WARN("NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE",
                             "networking block comments start with * on subsequent lines\n" . $hereprev);