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diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst index dccede68698c..6139a08c34cd 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/checkpatch.rst @@ -184,6 +184,13 @@ Available options: Override checking of perl version. Runtime errors may be encountered after enabling this flag if the perl version does not meet the minimum specified. + - --spdx-cxx-comments + + Don't force C comments ``/* */`` for SPDX license (required by old + toolchains), allow also C++ comments ``//``. + + NOTE: it should *not* be used for Linux mainline. + - --codespell Use the codespell dictionary for checking spelling errors. @@ -210,6 +217,13 @@ Available options: Display the help text. +Configuration file +================== + +Default configuration options can be stored in ``.checkpatch.conf``, search +path: ``.:$HOME:.scripts`` or in a directory specified by ``$CHECKPATCH_CONFIG_DIR`` +environment variable (falling back to the default search path). + Message Levels ============== |