Merge tag 'upstream/1.2.0'
[psensor-pkg-debian.git] / tests / checkpatch.pl
index cab1691..4904ced 100755 (executable)
@@ -7,9 +7,12 @@
 
 use strict;
 use POSIX;
+use File::Basename;
+use Cwd 'abs_path';
+use Term::ANSIColor qw(:constants);
 
 my $P = $0;
-$P =~ s@.*/@@g;
+my $D = dirname(abs_path($P));
 
 my $V = '0.32';
 
@@ -22,13 +25,17 @@ my $chk_patch = 1;
 my $tst_only;
 my $emacs = 0;
 my $terse = 0;
+my $showfile = 0;
 my $file = 0;
+my $git = 0;
+my %git_commits = ();
 my $check = 0;
 my $check_orig = 0;
 my $summary = 1;
 my $mailback = 0;
 my $summary_file = 0;
 my $show_types = 0;
+my $list_types = 0;
 my $fix = 0;
 my $fix_inplace = 0;
 my $root;
@@ -43,6 +50,11 @@ my $configuration_file = ".checkpatch.conf";
 my $max_line_length = 80;
 my $ignore_perl_version = 0;
 my $minimum_perl_version = 5.10.0;
+my $min_conf_desc_length = 4;
+my $spelling_file = "$D/spelling.txt";
+my $codespell = 0;
+my $codespellfile = "/usr/share/codespell/dictionary.txt";
+my $color = 1;
 
 sub help {
        my ($exitcode) = @_;
@@ -58,12 +70,25 @@ Options:
   --patch                    treat FILE as patchfile (default)
   --emacs                    emacs compile window format
   --terse                    one line per report
+  --showfile                 emit diffed file position, not input file position
+  -g, --git                  treat FILE as a single commit or git revision range
+                             single git commit with:
+                               <rev>
+                               <rev>^
+                               <rev>~n
+                             multiple git commits with:
+                               <rev1>..<rev2>
+                               <rev1>...<rev2>
+                               <rev>-<count>
+                             git merges are ignored
   -f, --file                 treat FILE as regular source file
   --subjective, --strict     enable more subjective tests
+  --list-types               list the possible message types
   --types TYPE(,TYPE2...)    show only these comma separated message types
   --ignore TYPE(,TYPE2...)   ignore various comma separated message types
+  --show-types               show the specific message type in the output
   --max-line-length=n        set the maximum line length, if exceeded, warn
-  --show-types               show the message "types" in the output
+  --min-conf-desc-length=n   set the min description length, if shorter, warn
   --root=PATH                PATH to the kernel tree root
   --no-summary               suppress the per-file summary
   --mailback                 only produce a report in case of warnings/errors
@@ -83,6 +108,10 @@ Options:
                              file.  It's your fault if there's no backup or git
   --ignore-perl-version      override checking of perl version.  expect
                              runtime errors.
+  --codespell                Use the codespell dictionary for spelling/typos
+                             (default:/usr/share/codespell/dictionary.txt)
+  --codespellfile            Use this codespell dictionary
+  --color                    Use colors when output is STDOUT (default: on)
   -h, --help, --version      display this help and exit
 
 When FILE is - read standard input.
@@ -91,6 +120,37 @@ EOM
        exit($exitcode);
 }
 
+sub uniq {
+       my %seen;
+       return grep { !$seen{$_}++ } @_;
+}
+
+sub list_types {
+       my ($exitcode) = @_;
+
+       my $count = 0;
+
+       local $/ = undef;
+
+       open(my $script, '<', abs_path($P)) or
+           die "$P: Can't read '$P' $!\n";
+
+       my $text = <$script>;
+       close($script);
+
+       my @types = ();
+       for ($text =~ /\b(?:(?:CHK|WARN|ERROR)\s*\(\s*"([^"]+)")/g) {
+               push (@types, $_);
+       }
+       @types = sort(uniq(@types));
+       print("#\tMessage type\n\n");
+       foreach my $type (@types) {
+               print(++$count . "\t" . $type . "\n");
+       }
+
+       exit($exitcode);
+}
+
 my $conf = which_conf($configuration_file);
 if (-f $conf) {
        my @conf_args;
@@ -124,13 +184,17 @@ GetOptions(
        'patch!'        => \$chk_patch,
        'emacs!'        => \$emacs,
        'terse!'        => \$terse,
+       'showfile!'     => \$showfile,
        'f|file!'       => \$file,
+       'g|git!'        => \$git,
        'subjective!'   => \$check,
        'strict!'       => \$check,
        'ignore=s'      => \@ignore,
        'types=s'       => \@use,
        'show-types!'   => \$show_types,
+       'list-types!'   => \$list_types,
        'max-line-length=i' => \$max_line_length,
+       'min-conf-desc-length=i' => \$min_conf_desc_length,
        'root=s'        => \$root,
        'summary!'      => \$summary,
        'mailback!'     => \$mailback,
@@ -140,12 +204,17 @@ GetOptions(
        'ignore-perl-version!' => \$ignore_perl_version,
        'debug=s'       => \%debug,
        'test-only=s'   => \$tst_only,
+       'codespell!'    => \$codespell,
+       'codespellfile=s'       => \$codespellfile,
+       'color!'        => \$color,
        'h|help'        => \$help,
        'version'       => \$help
 ) or help(1);
 
 help(0) if ($help);
 
+list_types(0) if ($list_types);
+
 $fix = 1 if ($fix_inplace);
 $check_orig = $check;
 
@@ -183,12 +252,12 @@ sub hash_save_array_words {
 sub hash_show_words {
        my ($hashRef, $prefix) = @_;
 
-       if ($quiet == 0 && keys %$hashRef) {
-               print "NOTE: $prefix message types:";
+       if (keys %$hashRef) {
+               print "\nNOTE: $prefix message types:";
                foreach my $word (sort keys %$hashRef) {
                        print " $word";
                }
-               print "\n\n";
+               print "\n";
        }
 }
 
@@ -244,11 +313,13 @@ our $Sparse       = qr{
                        __kernel|
                        __force|
                        __iomem|
+                       __pmem|
                        __must_check|
                        __init_refok|
                        __kprobes|
                        __ref|
-                       __rcu
+                       __rcu|
+                       __private
                }x;
 our $InitAttributePrefix = qr{__(?:mem|cpu|dev|net_|)};
 our $InitAttributeData = qr{$InitAttributePrefix(?:initdata\b)};
@@ -272,6 +343,7 @@ our $Attribute      = qr{
                        __noreturn|
                        __used|
                        __cold|
+                       __pure|
                        __noclone|
                        __deprecated|
                        __read_mostly|
@@ -292,6 +364,7 @@ our $Binary = qr{(?i)0b[01]+$Int_type?};
 our $Hex       = qr{(?i)0x[0-9a-f]+$Int_type?};
 our $Int       = qr{[0-9]+$Int_type?};
 our $Octal     = qr{0[0-7]+$Int_type?};
+our $String    = qr{"[X\t]*"};
 our $Float_hex = qr{(?i)0x[0-9a-f]+p-?[0-9]+[fl]?};
 our $Float_dec = qr{(?i)(?:[0-9]+\.[0-9]*|[0-9]*\.[0-9]+)(?:e-?[0-9]+)?[fl]?};
 our $Float_int = qr{(?i)[0-9]+e-?[0-9]+[fl]?};
@@ -308,6 +381,7 @@ our $Operators      = qr{
 
 our $c90_Keywords = qr{do|for|while|if|else|return|goto|continue|switch|default|case|break}x;
 
+our $BasicType;
 our $NonptrType;
 our $NonptrTypeMisordered;
 our $NonptrTypeWithAttr;
@@ -331,10 +405,22 @@ our $UTF8 = qr{
        | $NON_ASCII_UTF8
 }x;
 
-our $typeTypedefs = qr{(?x:
+our $typeC99Typedefs = qr{(?:__)?(?:[us]_?)?int_?(?:8|16|32|64)_t};
+our $typeOtherOSTypedefs = qr{(?x:
+       u_(?:char|short|int|long) |          # bsd
+       u(?:nchar|short|int|long)            # sysv
+)};
+our $typeKernelTypedefs = qr{(?x:
        (?:__)?(?:u|s|be|le)(?:8|16|32|64)|
        atomic_t
 )};
+our $typeTypedefs = qr{(?x:
+       $typeC99Typedefs\b|
+       $typeOtherOSTypedefs\b|
+       $typeKernelTypedefs\b
+)};
+
+our $zero_initializer = qr{(?:(?:0[xX])?0+$Int_type?|NULL|false)\b};
 
 our $logFunctions = qr{(?x:
        printk(?:_ratelimited|_once|)|
@@ -397,6 +483,29 @@ our @typeList = (
        qr{${Ident}_handler_fn},
        @typeListMisordered,
 );
+
+our $C90_int_types = qr{(?x:
+       long\s+long\s+int\s+(?:un)?signed|
+       long\s+long\s+(?:un)?signed\s+int|
+       long\s+long\s+(?:un)?signed|
+       (?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?long\s+long\s+int|
+       (?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?long\s+long|
+       int\s+long\s+long\s+(?:un)?signed|
+       int\s+(?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?long\s+long|
+
+       long\s+int\s+(?:un)?signed|
+       long\s+(?:un)?signed\s+int|
+       long\s+(?:un)?signed|
+       (?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?long\s+int|
+       (?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?long|
+       int\s+long\s+(?:un)?signed|
+       int\s+(?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?long|
+
+       int\s+(?:un)?signed|
+       (?:(?:un)?signed\s+)?int
+)};
+
+our @typeListFile = ();
 our @typeListWithAttr = (
        @typeList,
        qr{struct\s+$InitAttribute\s+$Ident},
@@ -406,6 +515,7 @@ our @typeListWithAttr = (
 our @modifierList = (
        qr{fastcall},
 );
+our @modifierListFile = ();
 
 our @mode_permission_funcs = (
        ["module_param", 3],
@@ -423,18 +533,81 @@ foreach my $entry (@mode_permission_funcs) {
        $mode_perms_search .= $entry->[0];
 }
 
+our $mode_perms_world_writable = qr{
+       S_IWUGO         |
+       S_IWOTH         |
+       S_IRWXUGO       |
+       S_IALLUGO       |
+       0[0-7][0-7][2367]
+}x;
+
 our $allowed_asm_includes = qr{(?x:
        irq|
-       memory
+       memory|
+       time|
+       reboot
 )};
 # memory.h: ARM has a custom one
 
+# Load common spelling mistakes and build regular expression list.
+my $misspellings;
+my %spelling_fix;
+
+if (open(my $spelling, '<', $spelling_file)) {
+       while (<$spelling>) {
+               my $line = $_;
+
+               $line =~ s/\s*\n?$//g;
+               $line =~ s/^\s*//g;
+
+               next if ($line =~ m/^\s*#/);
+               next if ($line =~ m/^\s*$/);
+
+               my ($suspect, $fix) = split(/\|\|/, $line);
+
+               $spelling_fix{$suspect} = $fix;
+       }
+       close($spelling);
+} else {
+       warn "No typos will be found - file '$spelling_file': $!\n";
+}
+
+if ($codespell) {
+       if (open(my $spelling, '<', $codespellfile)) {
+               while (<$spelling>) {
+                       my $line = $_;
+
+                       $line =~ s/\s*\n?$//g;
+                       $line =~ s/^\s*//g;
+
+                       next if ($line =~ m/^\s*#/);
+                       next if ($line =~ m/^\s*$/);
+                       next if ($line =~ m/, disabled/i);
+
+                       $line =~ s/,.*$//;
+
+                       my ($suspect, $fix) = split(/->/, $line);
+
+                       $spelling_fix{$suspect} = $fix;
+               }
+               close($spelling);
+       } else {
+               warn "No codespell typos will be found - file '$codespellfile': $!\n";
+       }
+}
+
+$misspellings = join("|", sort keys %spelling_fix) if keys %spelling_fix;
+
 sub build_types {
-       my $mods = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @modifierList) . "\n)";
-       my $all = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @typeList) . "\n)";
+       my $mods = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", (@modifierList, @modifierListFile)) . "\n)";
+       my $all = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", (@typeList, @typeListFile)) . "\n)";
        my $Misordered = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @typeListMisordered) . "\n)";
        my $allWithAttr = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", @typeListWithAttr) . "\n)";
        $Modifier       = qr{(?:$Attribute|$Sparse|$mods)};
+       $BasicType      = qr{
+                               (?:$typeTypedefs\b)|
+                               (?:${all}\b)
+               }x;
        $NonptrType     = qr{
                        (?:$Modifier\s+|const\s+)*
                        (?:
@@ -483,10 +656,10 @@ our $Typecast     = qr{\s*(\(\s*$NonptrType\s*\)){0,1}\s*};
 
 our $balanced_parens = qr/(\((?:[^\(\)]++|(?-1))*\))/;
 our $LvalOrFunc        = qr{((?:[\&\*]\s*)?$Lval)\s*($balanced_parens{0,1})\s*};
-our $FuncArg = qr{$Typecast{0,1}($LvalOrFunc|$Constant)};
+our $FuncArg = qr{$Typecast{0,1}($LvalOrFunc|$Constant|$String)};
 
 our $declaration_macros = qr{(?x:
-       (?:$Storage\s+)?(?:[A-Z_][A-Z0-9]*_){0,2}(?:DEFINE|DECLARE)(?:_[A-Z0-9]+){1,2}\s*\(|
+       (?:$Storage\s+)?(?:[A-Z_][A-Z0-9]*_){0,2}(?:DEFINE|DECLARE)(?:_[A-Z0-9]+){1,6}\s*\(|
        (?:$Storage\s+)?LIST_HEAD\s*\(|
        (?:$Storage\s+)?${Type}\s+uninitialized_var\s*\(
 )};
@@ -598,6 +771,8 @@ sub git_commit_info {
        $output =~ s/^\s*//gm;
        my @lines = split("\n", $output);
 
+       return ($id, $desc) if ($#lines < 0);
+
        if ($lines[0] =~ /^error: short SHA1 $commit is ambiguous\./) {
 # Maybe one day convert this block of bash into something that returns
 # all matching commit ids, but it's very slow...
@@ -626,10 +801,42 @@ my @fixed_inserted = ();
 my @fixed_deleted = ();
 my $fixlinenr = -1;
 
+# If input is git commits, extract all commits from the commit expressions.
+# For example, HEAD-3 means we need check 'HEAD, HEAD~1, HEAD~2'.
+die "$P: No git repository found\n" if ($git && !-e ".git");
+
+if ($git) {
+       my @commits = ();
+       foreach my $commit_expr (@ARGV) {
+               my $git_range;
+               if ($commit_expr =~ m/^(.*)-(\d+)$/) {
+                       $git_range = "-$2 $1";
+               } elsif ($commit_expr =~ m/\.\./) {
+                       $git_range = "$commit_expr";
+               } else {
+                       $git_range = "-1 $commit_expr";
+               }
+               my $lines = `git log --no-color --no-merges --pretty=format:'%H %s' $git_range`;
+               foreach my $line (split(/\n/, $lines)) {
+                       $line =~ /^([0-9a-fA-F]{40,40}) (.*)$/;
+                       next if (!defined($1) || !defined($2));
+                       my $sha1 = $1;
+                       my $subject = $2;
+                       unshift(@commits, $sha1);
+                       $git_commits{$sha1} = $subject;
+               }
+       }
+       die "$P: no git commits after extraction!\n" if (@commits == 0);
+       @ARGV = @commits;
+}
+
 my $vname;
 for my $filename (@ARGV) {
        my $FILE;
-       if ($file) {
+       if ($git) {
+               open($FILE, '-|', "git format-patch -M --stdout -1 $filename") ||
+                       die "$P: $filename: git format-patch failed - $!\n";
+       } elsif ($file) {
                open($FILE, '-|', "diff -u /dev/null $filename") ||
                        die "$P: $filename: diff failed - $!\n";
        } elsif ($filename eq '-') {
@@ -640,6 +847,8 @@ for my $filename (@ARGV) {
        }
        if ($filename eq '-') {
                $vname = 'Your patch';
+       } elsif ($git) {
+               $vname = "Commit " . substr($filename, 0, 12) . ' ("' . $git_commits{$filename} . '")';
        } else {
                $vname = $filename;
        }
@@ -648,6 +857,13 @@ for my $filename (@ARGV) {
                push(@rawlines, $_);
        }
        close($FILE);
+
+       if ($#ARGV > 0 && $quiet == 0) {
+               print '-' x length($vname) . "\n";
+               print "$vname\n";
+               print '-' x length($vname) . "\n";
+       }
+
        if (!process($filename)) {
                $exit = 1;
        }
@@ -657,6 +873,29 @@ for my $filename (@ARGV) {
        @fixed_inserted = ();
        @fixed_deleted = ();
        $fixlinenr = -1;
+       @modifierListFile = ();
+       @typeListFile = ();
+       build_types();
+}
+
+if (!$quiet) {
+       hash_show_words(\%use_type, "Used");
+       hash_show_words(\%ignore_type, "Ignored");
+
+       if ($^V lt 5.10.0) {
+               print << "EOM"
+
+NOTE: perl $^V is not modern enough to detect all possible issues.
+      An upgrade to at least perl v5.10.0 is suggested.
+EOM
+       }
+       if ($exit) {
+               print << "EOM"
+
+NOTE: If any of the errors are false positives, please report
+      them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
+EOM
+       }
 }
 
 exit($exit);
@@ -912,7 +1151,7 @@ sub sanitise_line {
 sub get_quoted_string {
        my ($line, $rawline) = @_;
 
-       return "" if ($line !~ m/(\"[X]+\")/g);
+       return "" if ($line !~ m/($String)/g);
        return substr($rawline, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0]);
 }
 
@@ -1521,13 +1760,13 @@ sub possible {
                        for my $modifier (split(' ', $possible)) {
                                if ($modifier !~ $notPermitted) {
                                        warn "MODIFIER: $modifier ($possible) ($line)\n" if ($dbg_possible);
-                                       push(@modifierList, $modifier);
+                                       push(@modifierListFile, $modifier);
                                }
                        }
 
                } else {
                        warn "POSSIBLE: $possible ($line)\n" if ($dbg_possible);
-                       push(@typeList, $possible);
+                       push(@typeListFile, $possible);
                }
                build_types();
        } else {
@@ -1552,15 +1791,32 @@ sub report {
            (defined $tst_only && $msg !~ /\Q$tst_only\E/)) {
                return 0;
        }
-       my $line;
+       my $output = '';
+       if (-t STDOUT && $color) {
+               if ($level eq 'ERROR') {
+                       $output .= RED;
+               } elsif ($level eq 'WARNING') {
+                       $output .= YELLOW;
+               } else {
+                       $output .= GREEN;
+               }
+       }
+       $output .= $prefix . $level . ':';
        if ($show_types) {
-               $line = "$prefix$level:$type: $msg\n";
-       } else {
-               $line = "$prefix$level: $msg\n";
+               $output .= BLUE if (-t STDOUT && $color);
+               $output .= "$type:";
+       }
+       $output .= RESET if (-t STDOUT && $color);
+       $output .= ' ' . $msg . "\n";
+
+       if ($showfile) {
+               my @lines = split("\n", $output, -1);
+               splice(@lines, 1, 1);
+               $output = join("\n", @lines);
        }
-       $line = (split('\n', $line))[0] . "\n" if ($terse);
+       $output = (split('\n', $output))[0] . "\n" if ($terse);
 
-       push(our @report, $line);
+       push(our @report, $output);
 
        return 1;
 }
@@ -1601,7 +1857,7 @@ sub fix_inserted_deleted_lines {
        foreach my $old_line (@{$linesRef}) {
                my $save_line = 1;
                my $line = $old_line;   #don't modify the array
-               if ($line =~ /^(?:\+\+\+\|\-\-\-)\s+\S+/) {     #new filename
+               if ($line =~ /^(?:\+\+\+|\-\-\-)\s+\S+/) {      #new filename
                        $delta_offset = 0;
                } elsif ($line =~ /^\@\@ -\d+,\d+ \+\d+,\d+ \@\@/) {    #new hunk
                        $range_last_linenr = $new_linenr;
@@ -1806,13 +2062,16 @@ sub process {
        our $clean = 1;
        my $signoff = 0;
        my $is_patch = 0;
-
        my $in_header_lines = $file ? 0 : 1;
        my $in_commit_log = 0;          #Scanning lines before patch
+       my $commit_log_possible_stack_dump = 0;
+       my $commit_log_long_line = 0;
+       my $commit_log_has_diff = 0;
        my $reported_maintainer_file = 0;
        my $non_utf8_charset = 0;
 
        my $last_blank_line = 0;
+       my $last_coalesced_string_linenr = -1;
 
        our @report = ();
        our $cnt_lines = 0;
@@ -1941,7 +2200,8 @@ sub process {
                my $rawline = $rawlines[$linenr - 1];
 
 #extract the line range in the file after the patch is applied
-               if ($line=~/^\@\@ -\d+(?:,\d+)? \+(\d+)(,(\d+))? \@\@/) {
+               if (!$in_commit_log &&
+                   $line =~ /^\@\@ -\d+(?:,\d+)? \+(\d+)(,(\d+))? \@\@/) {
                        $is_patch = 1;
                        $first_line = $linenr + 1;
                        $realline=$1-1;
@@ -1982,10 +2242,6 @@ sub process {
 
                my $hunk_line = ($realcnt != 0);
 
-#make up the handle for any error we report on this line
-               $prefix = "$filename:$realline: " if ($emacs && $file);
-               $prefix = "$filename:$linenr: " if ($emacs && !$file);
-
                $here = "#$linenr: " if (!$file);
                $here = "#$realline: " if ($file);
 
@@ -2015,8 +2271,19 @@ sub process {
                        $found_file = 1;
                }
 
+#make up the handle for any error we report on this line
+               if ($showfile) {
+                       $prefix = "$realfile:$realline: "
+               } elsif ($emacs) {
+                       if ($file) {
+                               $prefix = "$filename:$realline: ";
+                       } else {
+                               $prefix = "$filename:$linenr: ";
+                       }
+               }
+
                if ($found_file) {
-                       if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@) {
+                       if ($realfile =~ m@^(?:drivers/net/|net/|drivers/staging/)@) {
                                $check = 1;
                        } else {
                                $check = $check_orig;
@@ -2032,6 +2299,17 @@ sub process {
 
                $cnt_lines++ if ($realcnt != 0);
 
+# Check if the commit log has what seems like a diff which can confuse patch
+               if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_has_diff &&
+                   (($line =~ m@^\s+diff\b.*a/[\w/]+@ &&
+                     $line =~ m@^\s+diff\b.*a/([\w/]+)\s+b/$1\b@) ||
+                    $line =~ m@^\s*(?:\-\-\-\s+a/|\+\+\+\s+b/)@ ||
+                    $line =~ m/^\s*\@\@ \-\d+,\d+ \+\d+,\d+ \@\@/)) {
+                       ERROR("DIFF_IN_COMMIT_MSG",
+                             "Avoid using diff content in the commit message - patch(1) might not work\n" . $herecurr);
+                       $commit_log_has_diff = 1;
+               }
+
 # Check for incorrect file permissions
                if ($line =~ /^new (file )?mode.*[7531]\d{0,2}$/) {
                        my $permhere = $here . "FILE: $realfile\n";
@@ -2048,6 +2326,12 @@ sub process {
                        $in_commit_log = 0;
                }
 
+# Check if MAINTAINERS is being updated.  If so, there's probably no need to
+# emit the "does MAINTAINERS need updating?" message on file add/move/delete
+               if ($line =~ /^\s*MAINTAINERS\s*\|/) {
+                       $reported_maintainer_file = 1;
+               }
+
 # Check signature styles
                if (!$in_header_lines &&
                    $line =~ /^(\s*)([a-z0-9_-]+by:|$signature_tags)(\s*)(.*)/i) {
@@ -2118,6 +2402,13 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
 
+# Check email subject for common tools that don't need to be mentioned
+               if ($in_header_lines &&
+                   $line =~ /^Subject:.*\b(?:checkpatch|sparse|smatch)\b[^:]/i) {
+                       WARN("EMAIL_SUBJECT",
+                            "A patch subject line should describe the change not the tool that found it\n" . $herecurr);
+               }
+
 # Check for old stable address
                if ($line =~ /^\s*cc:\s*.*<?\bstable\@kernel\.org\b>?.*$/i) {
                        ERROR("STABLE_ADDRESS",
@@ -2130,21 +2421,92 @@ sub process {
                              "Remove Gerrit Change-Id's before submitting upstream.\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 
-# Check for improperly formed commit descriptions
-               if ($in_commit_log &&
-                   $line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}/i &&
-                   !($line =~ /\b[Cc]ommit [0-9a-f]{12,40} \("/ ||
-                     ($line =~ /\b[Cc]ommit [0-9a-f]{12,40}\s*$/ &&
-                      defined $rawlines[$linenr] &&
-                      $rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*\("/))) {
-                       $line =~ /\b(c)ommit\s+([0-9a-f]{5,})/i;
-                       my $init_char = $1;
-                       my $orig_commit = lc($2);
-                       my $id = '01234567890ab';
-                       my $desc = 'commit description';
-                       ($id, $desc) = git_commit_info($orig_commit, $id, $desc);
-                       ERROR("GIT_COMMIT_ID",
-                             "Please use 12 or more chars for the git commit ID like: '${init_char}ommit $id (\"$desc\")'\n" . $herecurr);
+# Check if the commit log is in a possible stack dump
+               if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_possible_stack_dump &&
+                   ($line =~ /^\s*(?:WARNING:|BUG:)/ ||
+                    $line =~ /^\s*\[\s*\d+\.\d{6,6}\s*\]/ ||
+                                       # timestamp
+                    $line =~ /^\s*\[\<[0-9a-fA-F]{8,}\>\]/)) {
+                                       # stack dump address
+                       $commit_log_possible_stack_dump = 1;
+               }
+
+# Check for line lengths > 75 in commit log, warn once
+               if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_long_line &&
+                   length($line) > 75 &&
+                   !($line =~ /^\s*[a-zA-Z0-9_\/\.]+\s+\|\s+\d+/ ||
+                                       # file delta changes
+                     $line =~ /^\s*(?:[\w\.\-]+\/)++[\w\.\-]+:/ ||
+                                       # filename then :
+                     $line =~ /^\s*(?:Fixes:|Link:)/i ||
+                                       # A Fixes: or Link: line
+                     $commit_log_possible_stack_dump)) {
+                       WARN("COMMIT_LOG_LONG_LINE",
+                            "Possible unwrapped commit description (prefer a maximum 75 chars per line)\n" . $herecurr);
+                       $commit_log_long_line = 1;
+               }
+
+# Reset possible stack dump if a blank line is found
+               if ($in_commit_log && $commit_log_possible_stack_dump &&
+                   $line =~ /^\s*$/) {
+                       $commit_log_possible_stack_dump = 0;
+               }
+
+# Check for git id commit length and improperly formed commit descriptions
+               if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_possible_stack_dump &&
+                   $line !~ /^\s*(?:Link|Patchwork|http|BugLink):/i &&
+                   ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\b/i ||
+                    ($line =~ /\b[0-9a-f]{12,40}\b/i &&
+                     $line !~ /[\<\[][0-9a-f]{12,40}[\>\]]/i &&
+                     $line !~ /\bfixes:\s*[0-9a-f]{12,40}/i))) {
+                       my $init_char = "c";
+                       my $orig_commit = "";
+                       my $short = 1;
+                       my $long = 0;
+                       my $case = 1;
+                       my $space = 1;
+                       my $hasdesc = 0;
+                       my $hasparens = 0;
+                       my $id = '0123456789ab';
+                       my $orig_desc = "commit description";
+                       my $description = "";
+
+                       if ($line =~ /\b(c)ommit\s+([0-9a-f]{5,})\b/i) {
+                               $init_char = $1;
+                               $orig_commit = lc($2);
+                       } elsif ($line =~ /\b([0-9a-f]{12,40})\b/i) {
+                               $orig_commit = lc($1);
+                       }
+
+                       $short = 0 if ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{12,40}/i);
+                       $long = 1 if ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{41,}/i);
+                       $space = 0 if ($line =~ /\bcommit [0-9a-f]/i);
+                       $case = 0 if ($line =~ /\b[Cc]ommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,40}[^A-F]/);
+                       if ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s+\("([^"]+)"\)/i) {
+                               $orig_desc = $1;
+                               $hasparens = 1;
+                       } elsif ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s*$/i &&
+                                defined $rawlines[$linenr] &&
+                                $rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*\("([^"]+)"\)/) {
+                               $orig_desc = $1;
+                               $hasparens = 1;
+                       } elsif ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s+\("[^"]+$/i &&
+                                defined $rawlines[$linenr] &&
+                                $rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*[^"]+"\)/) {
+                               $line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\s+\("([^"]+)$/i;
+                               $orig_desc = $1;
+                               $rawlines[$linenr] =~ /^\s*([^"]+)"\)/;
+                               $orig_desc .= " " . $1;
+                               $hasparens = 1;
+                       }
+
+                       ($id, $description) = git_commit_info($orig_commit,
+                                                             $id, $orig_desc);
+
+                       if ($short || $long || $space || $case || ($orig_desc ne $description) || !$hasparens) {
+                               ERROR("GIT_COMMIT_ID",
+                                     "Please use git commit description style 'commit <12+ chars of sha1> (\"<title line>\")' - ie: '${init_char}ommit $id (\"$description\")'\n" . $herecurr);
+                       }
                }
 
 # Check for added, moved or deleted files
@@ -2215,6 +2577,24 @@ sub process {
                            "8-bit UTF-8 used in possible commit log\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 
+# Check for various typo / spelling mistakes
+               if (defined($misspellings) &&
+                   ($in_commit_log || $line =~ /^(?:\+|Subject:)/i)) {
+                       while ($rawline =~ /(?:^|[^a-z@])($misspellings)(?:\b|$|[^a-z@])/gi) {
+                               my $typo = $1;
+                               my $typo_fix = $spelling_fix{lc($typo)};
+                               $typo_fix = ucfirst($typo_fix) if ($typo =~ /^[A-Z]/);
+                               $typo_fix = uc($typo_fix) if ($typo =~ /^[A-Z]+$/);
+                               my $msg_type = \&WARN;
+                               $msg_type = \&CHK if ($file);
+                               if (&{$msg_type}("TYPO_SPELLING",
+                                                "'$typo' may be misspelled - perhaps '$typo_fix'?\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                                   $fix) {
+                                       $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(^|[^A-Za-z@])($typo)($|[^A-Za-z@])/$1$typo_fix$3/;
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+
 # ignore non-hunk lines and lines being removed
                next if (!$hunk_line || $line =~ /^-/);
 
@@ -2283,8 +2663,10 @@ sub process {
                                }
                                $length++;
                        }
-                       WARN("CONFIG_DESCRIPTION",
-                            "please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr) if ($is_start && $is_end && $length < 4);
+                       if ($is_start && $is_end && $length < $min_conf_desc_length) {
+                               WARN("CONFIG_DESCRIPTION",
+                                    "please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr);
+                       }
                        #print "is_start<$is_start> is_end<$is_end> length<$length>\n";
                }
 
@@ -2295,6 +2677,13 @@ sub process {
                             "Use of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is deprecated. For alternatives, see https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/23/580\n");
                }
 
+# discourage the use of boolean for type definition attributes of Kconfig options
+               if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ &&
+                   $line =~ /^\+\s*\bboolean\b/) {
+                       WARN("CONFIG_TYPE_BOOLEAN",
+                            "Use of boolean is deprecated, please use bool instead.\n" . $herecurr);
+               }
+
                if (($realfile =~ /Makefile.*/ || $realfile =~ /Kbuild.*/) &&
                    ($line =~ /\+(EXTRA_[A-Z]+FLAGS).*/)) {
                        my $flag = $1;
@@ -2341,44 +2730,58 @@ sub process {
                }
 
 # check we are in a valid source file if not then ignore this hunk
-               next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|s|S|pl|sh)$/);
-
-#line length limit
-               if ($line =~ /^\+/ && $prevrawline !~ /\/\*\*/ &&
-                   $rawline !~ /^.\s*\*\s*\@$Ident\s/ &&
-                   !($line =~ /^\+\s*$logFunctions\s*\(\s*(?:(KERN_\S+\s*|[^"]*))?"[X\t]*"\s*(?:|,|\)\s*;)\s*$/ ||
-                   $line =~ /^\+\s*"[^"]*"\s*(?:\s*|,|\)\s*;)\s*$/) &&
-                   $length > $max_line_length)
-               {
-                       WARN("LONG_LINE",
-                            "line over $max_line_length characters\n" . $herecurr);
-               }
+               next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|s|S|pl|sh|dtsi|dts)$/);
 
-# Check for user-visible strings broken across lines, which breaks the ability
-# to grep for the string.  Make exceptions when the previous string ends in a
-# newline (multiple lines in one string constant) or '\t', '\r', ';', or '{'
-# (common in inline assembly) or is a octal \123 or hexadecimal \xaf value
-               if ($line =~ /^\+\s*"/ &&
-                   $prevline =~ /"\s*$/ &&
-                   $prevrawline !~ /(?:\\(?:[ntr]|[0-7]{1,3}|x[0-9a-fA-F]{1,2})|;\s*|\{\s*)"\s*$/) {
-                       WARN("SPLIT_STRING",
-                            "quoted string split across lines\n" . $hereprev);
-               }
+# line length limit (with some exclusions)
+#
+# There are a few types of lines that may extend beyond $max_line_length:
+#      logging functions like pr_info that end in a string
+#      lines with a single string
+#      #defines that are a single string
+#
+# There are 3 different line length message types:
+# LONG_LINE_COMMENT    a comment starts before but extends beyond $max_linelength
+# LONG_LINE_STRING     a string starts before but extends beyond $max_line_length
+# LONG_LINE            all other lines longer than $max_line_length
+#
+# if LONG_LINE is ignored, the other 2 types are also ignored
+#
 
-# check for missing a space in a string concatination
-               if ($prevrawline =~ /[^\\]\w"$/ && $rawline =~ /^\+[\t ]+"\w/) {
-                       WARN('MISSING_SPACE',
-                            "break quoted strings at a space character\n" . $hereprev);
-               }
+               if ($line =~ /^\+/ && $length > $max_line_length) {
+                       my $msg_type = "LONG_LINE";
 
-# check for spaces before a quoted newline
-               if ($rawline =~ /^.*\".*\s\\n/) {
-                       if (WARN("QUOTED_WHITESPACE_BEFORE_NEWLINE",
-                                "unnecessary whitespace before a quoted newline\n" . $herecurr) &&
-                           $fix) {
-                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/^(\+.*\".*)\s+\\n/$1\\n/;
+                       # Check the allowed long line types first
+
+                       # logging functions that end in a string that starts
+                       # before $max_line_length
+                       if ($line =~ /^\+\s*$logFunctions\s*\(\s*(?:(?:KERN_\S+\s*|[^"]*))?($String\s*(?:|,|\)\s*;)\s*)$/ &&
+                           length(expand_tabs(substr($line, 1, length($line) - length($1) - 1))) <= $max_line_length) {
+                               $msg_type = "";
+
+                       # lines with only strings (w/ possible termination)
+                       # #defines with only strings
+                       } elsif ($line =~ /^\+\s*$String\s*(?:\s*|,|\)\s*;)\s*$/ ||
+                                $line =~ /^\+\s*#\s*define\s+\w+\s+$String$/) {
+                               $msg_type = "";
+
+                       # Otherwise set the alternate message types
+
+                       # a comment starts before $max_line_length
+                       } elsif ($line =~ /($;[\s$;]*)$/ &&
+                                length(expand_tabs(substr($line, 1, length($line) - length($1) - 1))) <= $max_line_length) {
+                               $msg_type = "LONG_LINE_COMMENT"
+
+                       # a quoted string starts before $max_line_length
+                       } elsif ($sline =~ /\s*($String(?:\s*(?:\\|,\s*|\)\s*;\s*))?)$/ &&
+                                length(expand_tabs(substr($line, 1, length($line) - length($1) - 1))) <= $max_line_length) {
+                               $msg_type = "LONG_LINE_STRING"
                        }
 
+                       if ($msg_type ne "" &&
+                           (show_type("LONG_LINE") || show_type($msg_type))) {
+                               WARN($msg_type,
+                                    "line over $max_line_length characters\n" . $herecurr);
+                       }
                }
 
 # check for adding lines without a newline.
@@ -2402,7 +2805,7 @@ sub process {
                }
 
 # check we are in a valid source file C or perl if not then ignore this hunk
-               next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|pl)$/);
+               next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|pl|dtsi|dts)$/);
 
 # at the beginning of a line any tabs must come first and anything
 # more than 8 must use tabs.
@@ -2436,6 +2839,19 @@ sub process {
                            "Logical continuations should be on the previous line\n" . $hereprev);
                }
 
+# check indentation starts on a tab stop
+               if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+                   $sline =~ /^\+\t+( +)(?:$c90_Keywords\b|\{\s*$|\}\s*(?:else\b|while\b|\s*$))/) {
+                       my $indent = length($1);
+                       if ($indent % 8) {
+                               if (WARN("TABSTOP",
+                                        "Statements should start on a tabstop\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                                   $fix) {
+                                       $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s@(^\+\t+) +@$1 . "\t" x ($indent/8)@e;
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+
 # check multi-line statement indentation matches previous line
                if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
                    $prevline =~ /^\+([ \t]*)((?:$c90_Keywords(?:\s+if)\s*)|(?:$Declare\s*)?(?:$Ident|\(\s*\*\s*$Ident\s*\))\s*|$Ident\s*=\s*$Ident\s*)\(.*(\&\&|\|\||,)\s*$/) {
@@ -2466,7 +2882,15 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
 
-               if ($line =~ /^\+.*\(\s*$Type\s*\)[ \t]+(?!$Assignment|$Arithmetic|{)/) {
+# check for space after cast like "(int) foo" or "(struct foo) bar"
+# avoid checking a few false positives:
+#   "sizeof(<type>)" or "__alignof__(<type>)"
+#   function pointer declarations like "(*foo)(int) = bar;"
+#   structure definitions like "(struct foo) { 0 };"
+#   multiline macros that define functions
+#   known attributes or the __attribute__ keyword
+               if ($line =~ /^\+(.*)\(\s*$Type\s*\)([ \t]++)((?![={]|\\$|$Attribute|__attribute__))/ &&
+                   (!defined($1) || $1 !~ /\b(?:sizeof|__alignof__)\s*$/)) {
                        if (CHK("SPACING",
                                "No space is necessary after a cast\n" . $herecurr) &&
                            $fix) {
@@ -2475,6 +2899,8 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
 
+# Block comment styles
+# Networking with an initial /*
                if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ &&
                    $prevrawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\/\*[ \t]*$/ &&
                    $rawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\*/ &&
@@ -2483,22 +2909,23 @@ sub process {
                             "networking block comments don't use an empty /* line, use /* Comment...\n" . $hereprev);
                }
 
-               if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ &&
-                   $prevrawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\/\*/ &&          #starting /*
+# Block comments use * on subsequent lines
+               if ($prevline =~ /$;[ \t]*$/ &&                 #ends in comment
+                   $prevrawline =~ /^\+.*?\/\*/ &&             #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);
+                       WARN("BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE",
+                            "Block comments use * on subsequent lines\n" . $hereprev);
                }
 
-               if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ &&
-                   $rawline !~ m@^\+[ \t]*\*/[ \t]*$@ &&       #trailing */
+# Block comments use */ on trailing lines
+               if ($rawline !~ m@^\+[ \t]*\*/[ \t]*$@ &&       #trailing */
                    $rawline !~ m@^\+.*/\*.*\*/[ \t]*$@ &&      #inline /*...*/
                    $rawline !~ m@^\+.*\*{2,}/[ \t]*$@ &&       #trailing **/
                    $rawline =~ m@^\+[ \t]*.+\*\/[ \t]*$@) {    #non blank */
-                       WARN("NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE",
-                            "networking block comments put the trailing */ on a separate line\n" . $herecurr);
+                       WARN("BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE",
+                            "Block comments use a trailing */ on a separate line\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 
 # check for missing blank lines after struct/union declarations
@@ -2592,10 +3019,14 @@ sub process {
                next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c)$/);
 
 # check indentation of any line with a bare else
+# (but not if it is a multiple line "if (foo) return bar; else return baz;")
 # if the previous line is a break or return and is indented 1 tab more...
                if ($sline =~ /^\+([\t]+)(?:}[ \t]*)?else(?:[ \t]*{)?\s*$/) {
                        my $tabs = length($1) + 1;
-                       if ($prevline =~ /^\+\t{$tabs,$tabs}(?:break|return)\b/) {
+                       if ($prevline =~ /^\+\t{$tabs,$tabs}break\b/ ||
+                           ($prevline =~ /^\+\t{$tabs,$tabs}return\b/ &&
+                            defined $lines[$linenr] &&
+                            $lines[$linenr] !~ /^[ \+]\t{$tabs,$tabs}return/)) {
                                WARN("UNNECESSARY_ELSE",
                                     "else is not generally useful after a break or return\n" . $hereprev);
                        }
@@ -2800,15 +3231,22 @@ sub process {
 
                        substr($s, 0, length($c), '');
 
-                       # Make sure we remove the line prefixes as we have
-                       # none on the first line, and are going to readd them
-                       # where necessary.
-                       $s =~ s/\n./\n/gs;
+                       # remove inline comments
+                       $s =~ s/$;/ /g;
+                       $c =~ s/$;/ /g;
 
                        # Find out how long the conditional actually is.
                        my @newlines = ($c =~ /\n/gs);
                        my $cond_lines = 1 + $#newlines;
 
+                       # Make sure we remove the line prefixes as we have
+                       # none on the first line, and are going to readd them
+                       # where necessary.
+                       $s =~ s/\n./\n/gs;
+                       while ($s =~ /\n\s+\\\n/) {
+                               $cond_lines += $s =~ s/\n\s+\\\n/\n/g;
+                       }
+
                        # We want to check the first line inside the block
                        # starting at the end of the conditional, so remove:
                        #  1) any blank line termination
@@ -2874,8 +3312,10 @@ sub process {
 
                        #print "line<$line> prevline<$prevline> indent<$indent> sindent<$sindent> check<$check> continuation<$continuation> s<$s> cond_lines<$cond_lines> stat_real<$stat_real> stat<$stat>\n";
 
-                       if ($check && (($sindent % 8) != 0 ||
-                           ($sindent <= $indent && $s ne ''))) {
+                       if ($check && $s ne '' &&
+                           (($sindent % 8) != 0 ||
+                            ($sindent < $indent) ||
+                            ($sindent > $indent + 8))) {
                                WARN("SUSPECT_CODE_INDENT",
                                     "suspect code indent for conditional statements ($indent, $sindent)\n" . $herecurr . "$stat_real\n");
                        }
@@ -2897,6 +3337,30 @@ sub process {
 #ignore lines not being added
                next if ($line =~ /^[^\+]/);
 
+# check for declarations of signed or unsigned without int
+               while ($line =~ m{($Declare)\s*(?!char\b|short\b|int\b|long\b)\s*($Ident)?\s*[=,;\[\)\(]}g) {
+                       my $type = $1;
+                       my $var = $2;
+                       $var = "" if (!defined $var);
+                       if ($type =~ /^(?:(?:$Storage|$Inline|$Attribute)\s+)*((?:un)?signed)((?:\s*\*)*)\s*$/) {
+                               my $sign = $1;
+                               my $pointer = $2;
+
+                               $pointer = "" if (!defined $pointer);
+
+                               if (WARN("UNSPECIFIED_INT",
+                                        "Prefer '" . trim($sign) . " int" . rtrim($pointer) . "' to bare use of '$sign" . rtrim($pointer) . "'\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                                   $fix) {
+                                       my $decl = trim($sign) . " int ";
+                                       my $comp_pointer = $pointer;
+                                       $comp_pointer =~ s/\s//g;
+                                       $decl .= $comp_pointer;
+                                       $decl = rtrim($decl) if ($var eq "");
+                                       $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s@\b$sign\s*\Q$pointer\E\s*$var\b@$decl$var@;
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+
 # TEST: allow direct testing of the type matcher.
                if ($dbg_type) {
                        if ($line =~ /^.\s*$Declare\s*$/) {
@@ -3016,21 +3480,20 @@ sub process {
                }
 
 # check for global initialisers.
-               if ($line =~ /^\+(\s*$Type\s*$Ident\s*(?:\s+$Modifier))*\s*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/) {
+               if ($line =~ /^\+$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*\s*=\s*($zero_initializer)\s*;/) {
                        if (ERROR("GLOBAL_INITIALISERS",
-                                 "do not initialise globals to 0 or NULL\n" .
-                                     $herecurr) &&
+                                 "do not initialise globals to $1\n" . $herecurr) &&
                            $fix) {
-                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/($Type\s*$Ident\s*(?:\s+$Modifier))*\s*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/$1;/;
+                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(^.$Type\s*$Ident(?:\s+$Modifier)*)\s*=\s*$zero_initializer\s*;/$1;/;
                        }
                }
 # check for static initialisers.
-               if ($line =~ /^\+.*\bstatic\s.*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/) {
+               if ($line =~ /^\+.*\bstatic\s.*=\s*($zero_initializer)\s*;/) {
                        if (ERROR("INITIALISED_STATIC",
-                                 "do not initialise statics to 0 or NULL\n" .
+                                 "do not initialise statics to $1\n" .
                                      $herecurr) &&
                            $fix) {
-                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(\bstatic\s.*?)\s*=\s*(0|NULL|false)\s*;/$1;/;
+                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(\bstatic\s.*?)\s*=\s*$zero_initializer\s*;/$1;/;
                        }
                }
 
@@ -3055,6 +3518,18 @@ sub process {
                                $herecurr);
                }
 
+# check for const <foo> const where <foo> is not a pointer or array type
+               if ($sline =~ /\bconst\s+($BasicType)\s+const\b/) {
+                       my $found = $1;
+                       if ($sline =~ /\bconst\s+\Q$found\E\s+const\b\s*\*/) {
+                               WARN("CONST_CONST",
+                                    "'const $found const *' should probably be 'const $found * const'\n" . $herecurr);
+                       } elsif ($sline !~ /\bconst\s+\Q$found\E\s+const\s+\w+\s*\[/) {
+                               WARN("CONST_CONST",
+                                    "'const $found const' should probably be 'const $found'\n" . $herecurr);
+                       }
+               }
+
 # check for non-global char *foo[] = {"bar", ...} declarations.
                if ($line =~ /^.\s+(?:static\s+|const\s+)?char\s+\*\s*\w+\s*\[\s*\]\s*=\s*\{/) {
                        WARN("STATIC_CONST_CHAR_ARRAY",
@@ -3062,6 +3537,19 @@ sub process {
                                $herecurr);
                }
 
+# check for sizeof(foo)/sizeof(foo[0]) that could be ARRAY_SIZE(foo)
+               if ($line =~ m@\bsizeof\s*\(\s*($Lval)\s*\)@) {
+                       my $array = $1;
+                       if ($line =~ m@\b(sizeof\s*\(\s*\Q$array\E\s*\)\s*/\s*sizeof\s*\(\s*\Q$array\E\s*\[\s*0\s*\]\s*\))@) {
+                               my $array_div = $1;
+                               if (WARN("ARRAY_SIZE",
+                                        "Prefer ARRAY_SIZE($array)\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                                   $fix) {
+                                       $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\Q$array_div\E/ARRAY_SIZE($array)/;
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+
 # check for function declarations without arguments like "int foo()"
                if ($line =~ /(\b$Type\s+$Ident)\s*\(\s*\)/) {
                        if (ERROR("FUNCTION_WITHOUT_ARGS",
@@ -3147,13 +3635,15 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
 
-# # no BUG() or BUG_ON()
-#              if ($line =~ /\b(BUG|BUG_ON)\b/) {
-#                      print "Try to use WARN_ON & Recovery code rather than BUG() or BUG_ON()\n";
-#                      print "$herecurr";
-#                      $clean = 0;
-#              }
+# avoid BUG() or BUG_ON()
+               if ($line =~ /\b(?:BUG|BUG_ON)\b/) {
+                       my $msg_type = \&WARN;
+                       $msg_type = \&CHK if ($file);
+                       &{$msg_type}("AVOID_BUG",
+                                    "Avoid crashing the kernel - try using WARN_ON & recovery code rather than BUG() or BUG_ON()\n" . $herecurr);
+               }
 
+# avoid LINUX_VERSION_CODE
                if ($line =~ /\bLINUX_VERSION_CODE\b/) {
                        WARN("LINUX_VERSION_CODE",
                             "LINUX_VERSION_CODE should be avoided, code should be for the version to which it is merged\n" . $herecurr);
@@ -3162,7 +3652,7 @@ sub process {
 # check for uses of printk_ratelimit
                if ($line =~ /\bprintk_ratelimit\s*\(/) {
                        WARN("PRINTK_RATELIMITED",
-"Prefer printk_ratelimited or pr_<level>_ratelimited to printk_ratelimit\n" . $herecurr);
+                            "Prefer printk_ratelimited or pr_<level>_ratelimited to printk_ratelimit\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 
 # printk should use KERN_* levels.  Note that follow on printk's on the
@@ -3217,10 +3707,18 @@ sub process {
                             "Prefer dev_$level(... to dev_printk(KERN_$orig, ...\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 
+# ENOSYS means "bad syscall nr" and nothing else.  This will have a small
+# number of false positives, but assembly files are not checked, so at
+# least the arch entry code will not trigger this warning.
+               if ($line =~ /\bENOSYS\b/) {
+                       WARN("ENOSYS",
+                            "ENOSYS means 'invalid syscall nr' and nothing else\n" . $herecurr);
+               }
+
 # function brace can't be on same line, except for #defines of do while,
 # or if closed on same line
                if (($line=~/$Type\s*$Ident\(.*\).*\s*{/) and
-                   !($line=~/\#\s*define.*do\s{/) and !($line=~/}/)) {
+                   !($line=~/\#\s*define.*do\s\{/) and !($line=~/}/)) {
                        if (ERROR("OPEN_BRACE",
                                  "open brace '{' following function declarations go on the next line\n" . $herecurr) &&
                            $fix) {
@@ -3473,7 +3971,7 @@ sub process {
 
                                # Ignore operators passed as parameters.
                                if ($op_type ne 'V' &&
-                                   $ca =~ /\s$/ && $cc =~ /^\s*,/) {
+                                   $ca =~ /\s$/ && $cc =~ /^\s*[,\)]/) {
 
 #                              # Ignore comments
 #                              } elsif ($op =~ /^$;+$/) {
@@ -3510,14 +4008,33 @@ sub process {
                                                }
                                        }
 
-                               # , must have a space on the right.
+                               # , must not have a space before and must have a space on the right.
                                } elsif ($op eq ',') {
+                                       my $rtrim_before = 0;
+                                       my $space_after = 0;
+                                       if ($ctx =~ /Wx./) {
+                                               if (ERROR("SPACING",
+                                                         "space prohibited before that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr)) {
+                                                       $line_fixed = 1;
+                                                       $rtrim_before = 1;
+                                               }
+                                       }
                                        if ($ctx !~ /.x[WEC]/ && $cc !~ /^}/) {
                                                if (ERROR("SPACING",
                                                          "space required after that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr)) {
-                                                       $good = $fix_elements[$n] . trim($fix_elements[$n + 1]) . " ";
                                                        $line_fixed = 1;
                                                        $last_after = $n;
+                                                       $space_after = 1;
+                                               }
+                                       }
+                                       if ($rtrim_before || $space_after) {
+                                               if ($rtrim_before) {
+                                                       $good = rtrim($fix_elements[$n]) . trim($fix_elements[$n + 1]);
+                                               } else {
+                                                       $good = $fix_elements[$n] . trim($fix_elements[$n + 1]);
+                                               }
+                                               if ($space_after) {
+                                                       $good .= " ";
                                                }
                                        }
 
@@ -3589,7 +4106,22 @@ sub process {
                                         $op eq '*' or $op eq '/' or
                                         $op eq '%')
                                {
-                                       if ($ctx =~ /Wx[^WCE]|[^WCE]xW/) {
+                                       if ($check) {
+                                               if (defined $fix_elements[$n + 2] && $ctx !~ /[EW]x[EW]/) {
+                                                       if (CHK("SPACING",
+                                                               "spaces preferred around that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr)) {
+                                                               $good = rtrim($fix_elements[$n]) . " " . trim($fix_elements[$n + 1]) . " ";
+                                                               $fix_elements[$n + 2] =~ s/^\s+//;
+                                                               $line_fixed = 1;
+                                                       }
+                                               } elsif (!defined $fix_elements[$n + 2] && $ctx !~ /Wx[OE]/) {
+                                                       if (CHK("SPACING",
+                                                               "space preferred before that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr)) {
+                                                               $good = rtrim($fix_elements[$n]) . " " . trim($fix_elements[$n + 1]);
+                                                               $line_fixed = 1;
+                                                       }
+                                               }
+                                       } elsif ($ctx =~ /Wx[^WCE]|[^WCE]xW/) {
                                                if (ERROR("SPACING",
                                                          "need consistent spacing around '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr)) {
                                                        $good = rtrim($fix_elements[$n]) . " " . trim($fix_elements[$n + 1]) . " ";
@@ -3624,6 +4156,14 @@ sub process {
                                                $ok = 1;
                                        }
 
+                                       # for asm volatile statements
+                                       # ignore a colon with another
+                                       # colon immediately before or after
+                                       if (($op eq ':') &&
+                                           ($ca =~ /:$/ || $cc =~ /^:/)) {
+                                               $ok = 1;
+                                       }
+
                                        # messages are ERROR, but ?: are CHK
                                        if ($ok == 0) {
                                                my $msg_type = \&ERROR;
@@ -3690,8 +4230,8 @@ sub process {
 ##             }
 
 #need space before brace following if, while, etc
-               if (($line =~ /\(.*\){/ && $line !~ /\($Type\){/) ||
-                   $line =~ /do{/) {
+               if (($line =~ /\(.*\)\{/ && $line !~ /\($Type\)\{/) ||
+                   $line =~ /do\{/) {
                        if (ERROR("SPACING",
                                  "space required before the open brace '{'\n" . $herecurr) &&
                            $fix) {
@@ -3752,7 +4292,6 @@ sub process {
                        if (ERROR("SPACING",
                                  "space prohibited before that close parenthesis ')'\n" . $herecurr) &&
                            $fix) {
-                               print("fixlinenr: <$fixlinenr> fixed[fixlinenr]: <$fixed[$fixlinenr]>\n");
                                $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~
                                    s/\s+\)/\)/;
                        }
@@ -3762,9 +4301,27 @@ sub process {
 # ie: &(foo->bar) should be &foo->bar and *(foo->bar) should be *foo->bar
 
                while ($line =~ /(?:[^&]&\s*|\*)\(\s*($Ident\s*(?:$Member\s*)+)\s*\)/g) {
-                       CHK("UNNECESSARY_PARENTHESES",
-                           "Unnecessary parentheses around $1\n" . $herecurr);
-                   }
+                       my $var = $1;
+                       if (CHK("UNNECESSARY_PARENTHESES",
+                               "Unnecessary parentheses around $var\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                           $fix) {
+                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\(\s*\Q$var\E\s*\)/$var/;
+                       }
+               }
+
+# check for unnecessary parentheses around function pointer uses
+# ie: (foo->bar)(); should be foo->bar();
+# but not "if (foo->bar) (" to avoid some false positives
+               if ($line =~ /(\bif\s*|)(\(\s*$Ident\s*(?:$Member\s*)+\))[ \t]*\(/ && $1 !~ /^if/) {
+                       my $var = $2;
+                       if (CHK("UNNECESSARY_PARENTHESES",
+                               "Unnecessary parentheses around function pointer $var\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                           $fix) {
+                               my $var2 = deparenthesize($var);
+                               $var2 =~ s/\s//g;
+                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\Q$var\E/$var2/;
+                       }
+               }
 
 #goto labels aren't indented, allow a single space however
                if ($line=~/^.\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+:(?![0-9]+)/ and
@@ -3820,12 +4377,41 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
 
-# Return of what appears to be an errno should normally be -'ve
-               if ($line =~ /^.\s*return\s*(E[A-Z]*)\s*;/) {
+# comparisons with a constant or upper case identifier on the left
+#      avoid cases like "foo + BAR < baz"
+#      only fix matches surrounded by parentheses to avoid incorrect
+#      conversions like "FOO < baz() + 5" being "misfixed" to "baz() > FOO + 5"
+               if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+                   $line =~ /^\+(.*)\b($Constant|[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)\s*($Compare)\s*($LvalOrFunc)/) {
+                       my $lead = $1;
+                       my $const = $2;
+                       my $comp = $3;
+                       my $to = $4;
+                       my $newcomp = $comp;
+                       if ($lead !~ /(?:$Operators|\.)\s*$/ &&
+                           $to !~ /^(?:Constant|[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*)$/ &&
+                           WARN("CONSTANT_COMPARISON",
+                                "Comparisons should place the constant on the right side of the test\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                           $fix) {
+                               if ($comp eq "<") {
+                                       $newcomp = ">";
+                               } elsif ($comp eq "<=") {
+                                       $newcomp = ">=";
+                               } elsif ($comp eq ">") {
+                                       $newcomp = "<";
+                               } elsif ($comp eq ">=") {
+                                       $newcomp = "<=";
+                               }
+                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\(\s*\Q$const\E\s*$Compare\s*\Q$to\E\s*\)/($to $newcomp $const)/;
+                       }
+               }
+
+# Return of what appears to be an errno should normally be negative
+               if ($sline =~ /\breturn(?:\s*\(+\s*|\s+)(E[A-Z]+)(?:\s*\)+\s*|\s*)[;:,]/) {
                        my $name = $1;
                        if ($name ne 'EOF' && $name ne 'ERROR') {
                                WARN("USE_NEGATIVE_ERRNO",
-                                    "return of an errno should typically be -ve (return -$1)\n" . $herecurr);
+                                    "return of an errno should typically be negative (ie: return -$1)\n" . $herecurr);
                        }
                }
 
@@ -4004,7 +4590,9 @@ sub process {
 #Ignore Page<foo> variants
                            $var !~ /^(?:Clear|Set|TestClear|TestSet|)Page[A-Z]/ &&
 #Ignore SI style variants like nS, mV and dB (ie: max_uV, regulator_min_uA_show)
-                           $var !~ /^(?:[a-z_]*?)_?[a-z][A-Z](?:_[a-z_]+)?$/) {
+                           $var !~ /^(?:[a-z_]*?)_?[a-z][A-Z](?:_[a-z_]+)?$/ &&
+#Ignore some three character SI units explicitly, like MiB and KHz
+                           $var !~ /^(?:[a-z_]*?)_?(?:[KMGT]iB|[KMGT]?Hz)(?:_[a-z_]+)?$/) {
                                while ($var =~ m{($Ident)}g) {
                                        my $word = $1;
                                        next if ($word !~ /[A-Z][a-z]|[a-z][A-Z]/);
@@ -4033,7 +4621,8 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
 
-#warn if <asm/foo.h> is #included and <linux/foo.h> is available (uses RAW line)
+# warn if <asm/foo.h> is #included and <linux/foo.h> is available and includes
+# itself <asm/foo.h> (uses RAW line)
                if ($tree && $rawline =~ m{^.\s*\#\s*include\s*\<asm\/(.*)\.h\>}) {
                        my $file = "$1.h";
                        my $checkfile = "include/linux/$file";
@@ -4041,12 +4630,15 @@ sub process {
                            $realfile ne $checkfile &&
                            $1 !~ /$allowed_asm_includes/)
                        {
-                               if ($realfile =~ m{^arch/}) {
-                                       CHK("ARCH_INCLUDE_LINUX",
-                                           "Consider using #include <linux/$file> instead of <asm/$file>\n" . $herecurr);
-                               } else {
-                                       WARN("INCLUDE_LINUX",
-                                            "Use #include <linux/$file> instead of <asm/$file>\n" . $herecurr);
+                               my $asminclude = `grep -Ec "#include\\s+<asm/$file>" $root/$checkfile`;
+                               if ($asminclude > 0) {
+                                       if ($realfile =~ m{^arch/}) {
+                                               CHK("ARCH_INCLUDE_LINUX",
+                                                   "Consider using #include <linux/$file> instead of <asm/$file>\n" . $herecurr);
+                                       } else {
+                                               WARN("INCLUDE_LINUX",
+                                                    "Use #include <linux/$file> instead of <asm/$file>\n" . $herecurr);
+                                       }
                                }
                        }
                }
@@ -4060,12 +4652,17 @@ sub process {
                        my $cnt = $realcnt;
                        my ($off, $dstat, $dcond, $rest);
                        my $ctx = '';
+                       my $has_flow_statement = 0;
+                       my $has_arg_concat = 0;
                        ($dstat, $dcond, $ln, $cnt, $off) =
                                ctx_statement_block($linenr, $realcnt, 0);
                        $ctx = $dstat;
                        #print "dstat<$dstat> dcond<$dcond> cnt<$cnt> off<$off>\n";
                        #print "LINE<$lines[$ln-1]> len<" . length($lines[$ln-1]) . "\n";
 
+                       $has_flow_statement = 1 if ($ctx =~ /\b(goto|return)\b/);
+                       $has_arg_concat = 1 if ($ctx =~ /\#\#/ && $ctx !~ /\#\#\s*(?:__VA_ARGS__|args)\b/);
+
                        $dstat =~ s/^.\s*\#\s*define\s+$Ident(?:\([^\)]*\))?\s*//;
                        $dstat =~ s/$;//g;
                        $dstat =~ s/\\\n.//g;
@@ -4075,16 +4672,19 @@ sub process {
                        # Flatten any parentheses and braces
                        while ($dstat =~ s/\([^\(\)]*\)/1/ ||
                               $dstat =~ s/\{[^\{\}]*\}/1/ ||
-                              $dstat =~ s/\[[^\[\]]*\]/1/)
+                              $dstat =~ s/.\[[^\[\]]*\]/1/)
                        {
                        }
 
                        # Flatten any obvious string concatentation.
-                       while ($dstat =~ s/("X*")\s*$Ident/$1/ ||
-                              $dstat =~ s/$Ident\s*("X*")/$1/)
+                       while ($dstat =~ s/($String)\s*$Ident/$1/ ||
+                              $dstat =~ s/$Ident\s*($String)/$1/)
                        {
                        }
 
+                       # Make asm volatile uses seem like a generic function
+                       $dstat =~ s/\b_*asm_*\s+_*volatile_*\b/asm_volatile/g;
+
                        my $exceptions = qr{
                                $Declare|
                                module_param_named|
@@ -4095,7 +4695,8 @@ sub process {
                                union|
                                struct|
                                \.$Ident\s*=\s*|
-                               ^\"|\"$
+                               ^\"|\"$|
+                               ^\[
                        }x;
                        #print "REST<$rest> dstat<$dstat> ctx<$ctx>\n";
                        if ($dstat ne '' &&
@@ -4110,7 +4711,7 @@ sub process {
                            $dstat !~ /^for\s*$Constant$/ &&                            # for (...)
                            $dstat !~ /^for\s*$Constant\s+(?:$Ident|-?$Constant)$/ &&   # for (...) bar()
                            $dstat !~ /^do\s*{/ &&                                      # do {...
-                           $dstat !~ /^\({/ &&                                         # ({...
+                           $dstat !~ /^\(\{/ &&                                                # ({...
                            $ctx !~ /^.\s*#\s*define\s+TRACE_(?:SYSTEM|INCLUDE_FILE|INCLUDE_PATH)\b/)
                        {
                                $ctx =~ s/\n*$//;
@@ -4126,10 +4727,23 @@ sub process {
                                              "Macros with multiple statements should be enclosed in a do - while loop\n" . "$herectx");
                                } else {
                                        ERROR("COMPLEX_MACRO",
-                                             "Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parenthesis\n" . "$herectx");
+                                             "Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parentheses\n" . "$herectx");
                                }
                        }
 
+# check for macros with flow control, but without ## concatenation
+# ## concatenation is commonly a macro that defines a function so ignore those
+                       if ($has_flow_statement && !$has_arg_concat) {
+                               my $herectx = $here . "\n";
+                               my $cnt = statement_rawlines($ctx);
+
+                               for (my $n = 0; $n < $cnt; $n++) {
+                                       $herectx .= raw_line($linenr, $n) . "\n";
+                               }
+                               WARN("MACRO_WITH_FLOW_CONTROL",
+                                    "Macros with flow control statements should be avoided\n" . "$herectx");
+                       }
+
 # check for line continuations outside of #defines, preprocessor #, and asm
 
                } else {
@@ -4157,6 +4771,7 @@ sub process {
                        $ctx = $dstat;
 
                        $dstat =~ s/\\\n.//g;
+                       $dstat =~ s/$;/ /g;
 
                        if ($dstat =~ /^\+\s*#\s*define\s+$Ident\s*${balanced_parens}\s*do\s*{(.*)\s*}\s*while\s*\(\s*0\s*\)\s*([;\s]*)\s*$/) {
                                my $stmts = $2;
@@ -4323,12 +4938,18 @@ sub process {
 
 # check for unnecessary blank lines around braces
                if (($line =~ /^.\s*}\s*$/ && $prevrawline =~ /^.\s*$/)) {
-                       CHK("BRACES",
-                           "Blank lines aren't necessary before a close brace '}'\n" . $hereprev);
+                       if (CHK("BRACES",
+                               "Blank lines aren't necessary before a close brace '}'\n" . $hereprev) &&
+                           $fix && $prevrawline =~ /^\+/) {
+                               fix_delete_line($fixlinenr - 1, $prevrawline);
+                       }
                }
                if (($rawline =~ /^.\s*$/ && $prevline =~ /^..*{\s*$/)) {
-                       CHK("BRACES",
-                           "Blank lines aren't necessary after an open brace '{'\n" . $hereprev);
+                       if (CHK("BRACES",
+                               "Blank lines aren't necessary after an open brace '{'\n" . $hereprev) &&
+                           $fix) {
+                               fix_delete_line($fixlinenr, $rawline);
+                       }
                }
 
 # no volatiles please
@@ -4338,6 +4959,89 @@ sub process {
                             "Use of volatile is usually wrong: see Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 
+# Check for user-visible strings broken across lines, which breaks the ability
+# to grep for the string.  Make exceptions when the previous string ends in a
+# newline (multiple lines in one string constant) or '\t', '\r', ';', or '{'
+# (common in inline assembly) or is a octal \123 or hexadecimal \xaf value
+               if ($line =~ /^\+\s*$String/ &&
+                   $prevline =~ /"\s*$/ &&
+                   $prevrawline !~ /(?:\\(?:[ntr]|[0-7]{1,3}|x[0-9a-fA-F]{1,2})|;\s*|\{\s*)"\s*$/) {
+                       if (WARN("SPLIT_STRING",
+                                "quoted string split across lines\n" . $hereprev) &&
+                                    $fix &&
+                                    $prevrawline =~ /^\+.*"\s*$/ &&
+                                    $last_coalesced_string_linenr != $linenr - 1) {
+                               my $extracted_string = get_quoted_string($line, $rawline);
+                               my $comma_close = "";
+                               if ($rawline =~ /\Q$extracted_string\E(\s*\)\s*;\s*$|\s*,\s*)/) {
+                                       $comma_close = $1;
+                               }
+
+                               fix_delete_line($fixlinenr - 1, $prevrawline);
+                               fix_delete_line($fixlinenr, $rawline);
+                               my $fixedline = $prevrawline;
+                               $fixedline =~ s/"\s*$//;
+                               $fixedline .= substr($extracted_string, 1) . trim($comma_close);
+                               fix_insert_line($fixlinenr - 1, $fixedline);
+                               $fixedline = $rawline;
+                               $fixedline =~ s/\Q$extracted_string\E\Q$comma_close\E//;
+                               if ($fixedline !~ /\+\s*$/) {
+                                       fix_insert_line($fixlinenr, $fixedline);
+                               }
+                               $last_coalesced_string_linenr = $linenr;
+                       }
+               }
+
+# check for missing a space in a string concatenation
+               if ($prevrawline =~ /[^\\]\w"$/ && $rawline =~ /^\+[\t ]+"\w/) {
+                       WARN('MISSING_SPACE',
+                            "break quoted strings at a space character\n" . $hereprev);
+               }
+
+# check for spaces before a quoted newline
+               if ($rawline =~ /^.*\".*\s\\n/) {
+                       if (WARN("QUOTED_WHITESPACE_BEFORE_NEWLINE",
+                                "unnecessary whitespace before a quoted newline\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                           $fix) {
+                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/^(\+.*\".*)\s+\\n/$1\\n/;
+                       }
+
+               }
+
+# concatenated string without spaces between elements
+               if ($line =~ /$String[A-Z_]/ || $line =~ /[A-Za-z0-9_]$String/) {
+                       CHK("CONCATENATED_STRING",
+                           "Concatenated strings should use spaces between elements\n" . $herecurr);
+               }
+
+# uncoalesced string fragments
+               if ($line =~ /$String\s*"/) {
+                       WARN("STRING_FRAGMENTS",
+                            "Consecutive strings are generally better as a single string\n" . $herecurr);
+               }
+
+# check for %L{u,d,i} and 0x%[udi] in strings
+               my $string;
+               while ($line =~ /(?:^|")([X\t]*)(?:"|$)/g) {
+                       $string = substr($rawline, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1]);
+                       $string =~ s/%%/__/g;
+                       if ($string =~ /(?<!%)%[\*\d\.\$]*L[udi]/) {
+                               WARN("PRINTF_L",
+                                    "\%Ld/%Lu are not-standard C, use %lld/%llu\n" . $herecurr);
+                               last;
+                       }
+                       if ($string =~ /0x%[\*\d\.\$\Llzth]*[udi]/) {
+                               ERROR("PRINTF_0xDECIMAL",
+                                     "Prefixing 0x with decimal output is defective\n" . $herecurr);
+                       }
+               }
+
+# check for line continuations in quoted strings with odd counts of "
+               if ($rawline =~ /\\$/ && $rawline =~ tr/"/"/ % 2) {
+                       WARN("LINE_CONTINUATIONS",
+                            "Avoid line continuations in quoted strings\n" . $herecurr);
+               }
+
 # warn about #if 0
                if ($line =~ /^.\s*\#\s*if\s+0\b/) {
                        CHK("REDUNDANT_CODE",
@@ -4347,10 +5051,34 @@ sub process {
 
 # check for needless "if (<foo>) fn(<foo>)" uses
                if ($prevline =~ /\bif\s*\(\s*($Lval)\s*\)/) {
-                       my $expr = '\s*\(\s*' . quotemeta($1) . '\s*\)\s*;';
-                       if ($line =~ /\b(kfree|usb_free_urb|debugfs_remove(?:_recursive)?)$expr/) {
-                               WARN('NEEDLESS_IF',
-                                    "$1(NULL) is safe this check is probably not required\n" . $hereprev);
+                       my $tested = quotemeta($1);
+                       my $expr = '\s*\(\s*' . $tested . '\s*\)\s*;';
+                       if ($line =~ /\b(kfree|usb_free_urb|debugfs_remove(?:_recursive)?|(?:kmem_cache|mempool|dma_pool)_destroy)$expr/) {
+                               my $func = $1;
+                               if (WARN('NEEDLESS_IF',
+                                        "$func(NULL) is safe and this check is probably not required\n" . $hereprev) &&
+                                   $fix) {
+                                       my $do_fix = 1;
+                                       my $leading_tabs = "";
+                                       my $new_leading_tabs = "";
+                                       if ($lines[$linenr - 2] =~ /^\+(\t*)if\s*\(\s*$tested\s*\)\s*$/) {
+                                               $leading_tabs = $1;
+                                       } else {
+                                               $do_fix = 0;
+                                       }
+                                       if ($lines[$linenr - 1] =~ /^\+(\t+)$func\s*\(\s*$tested\s*\)\s*;\s*$/) {
+                                               $new_leading_tabs = $1;
+                                               if (length($leading_tabs) + 1 ne length($new_leading_tabs)) {
+                                                       $do_fix = 0;
+                                               }
+                                       } else {
+                                               $do_fix = 0;
+                                       }
+                                       if ($do_fix) {
+                                               fix_delete_line($fixlinenr - 1, $prevrawline);
+                                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/^\+$new_leading_tabs/\+$leading_tabs/;
+                                       }
+                               }
                        }
                }
 
@@ -4371,6 +5099,39 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
 
+# check for logging functions with KERN_<LEVEL>
+               if ($line !~ /printk(?:_ratelimited|_once)?\s*\(/ &&
+                   $line =~ /\b$logFunctions\s*\(.*\b(KERN_[A-Z]+)\b/) {
+                       my $level = $1;
+                       if (WARN("UNNECESSARY_KERN_LEVEL",
+                                "Possible unnecessary $level\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                           $fix) {
+                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\s*$level\s*//;
+                       }
+               }
+
+# check for mask then right shift without a parentheses
+               if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+                   $line =~ /$LvalOrFunc\s*\&\s*($LvalOrFunc)\s*>>/ &&
+                   $4 !~ /^\&/) { # $LvalOrFunc may be &foo, ignore if so
+                       WARN("MASK_THEN_SHIFT",
+                            "Possible precedence defect with mask then right shift - may need parentheses\n" . $herecurr);
+               }
+
+# check for pointer comparisons to NULL
+               if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0) {
+                       while ($line =~ /\b$LvalOrFunc\s*(==|\!=)\s*NULL\b/g) {
+                               my $val = $1;
+                               my $equal = "!";
+                               $equal = "" if ($4 eq "!=");
+                               if (CHK("COMPARISON_TO_NULL",
+                                       "Comparison to NULL could be written \"${equal}${val}\"\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                                           $fix) {
+                                       $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\b\Q$val\E\s*(?:==|\!=)\s*NULL\b/$equal$val/;
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+
 # check for bad placement of section $InitAttribute (e.g.: __initdata)
                if ($line =~ /(\b$InitAttribute\b)/) {
                        my $attr = $1;
@@ -4418,6 +5179,16 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
 
+# check for __read_mostly with const non-pointer (should just be const)
+               if ($line =~ /\b__read_mostly\b/ &&
+                   $line =~ /($Type)\s*$Ident/ && $1 !~ /\*\s*$/ && $1 =~ /\bconst\b/) {
+                       if (ERROR("CONST_READ_MOSTLY",
+                                 "Invalid use of __read_mostly with const type\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                           $fix) {
+                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\s+__read_mostly\b//;
+                       }
+               }
+
 # don't use __constant_<foo> functions outside of include/uapi/
                if ($realfile !~ m@^include/uapi/@ &&
                    $line =~ /(__constant_(?:htons|ntohs|[bl]e(?:16|32|64)_to_cpu|cpu_to_[bl]e(?:16|32|64)))\s*\(/) {
@@ -4493,12 +5264,69 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
 # check for memory barriers without a comment.
-               if ($line =~ /\b(mb|rmb|wmb|read_barrier_depends|smp_mb|smp_rmb|smp_wmb|smp_read_barrier_depends)\(/) {
+
+               my $barriers = qr{
+                       mb|
+                       rmb|
+                       wmb|
+                       read_barrier_depends
+               }x;
+               my $barrier_stems = qr{
+                       mb__before_atomic|
+                       mb__after_atomic|
+                       store_release|
+                       load_acquire|
+                       store_mb|
+                       (?:$barriers)
+               }x;
+               my $all_barriers = qr{
+                       (?:$barriers)|
+                       smp_(?:$barrier_stems)|
+                       virt_(?:$barrier_stems)
+               }x;
+
+               if ($line =~ /\b(?:$all_barriers)\s*\(/) {
                        if (!ctx_has_comment($first_line, $linenr)) {
                                WARN("MEMORY_BARRIER",
                                     "memory barrier without comment\n" . $herecurr);
                        }
                }
+
+               my $underscore_smp_barriers = qr{__smp_(?:$barrier_stems)}x;
+
+               if ($realfile !~ m@^include/asm-generic/@ &&
+                   $realfile !~ m@/barrier\.h$@ &&
+                   $line =~ m/\b(?:$underscore_smp_barriers)\s*\(/ &&
+                   $line !~ m/^.\s*\#\s*define\s+(?:$underscore_smp_barriers)\s*\(/) {
+                       WARN("MEMORY_BARRIER",
+                            "__smp memory barriers shouldn't be used outside barrier.h and asm-generic\n" . $herecurr);
+               }
+
+# check for waitqueue_active without a comment.
+               if ($line =~ /\bwaitqueue_active\s*\(/) {
+                       if (!ctx_has_comment($first_line, $linenr)) {
+                               WARN("WAITQUEUE_ACTIVE",
+                                    "waitqueue_active without comment\n" . $herecurr);
+                       }
+               }
+
+# Check for expedited grace periods that interrupt non-idle non-nohz
+# online CPUs.  These expedited can therefore degrade real-time response
+# if used carelessly, and should be avoided where not absolutely
+# needed.  It is always OK to use synchronize_rcu_expedited() and
+# synchronize_sched_expedited() at boot time (before real-time applications
+# start) and in error situations where real-time response is compromised in
+# any case.  Note that synchronize_srcu_expedited() does -not- interrupt
+# other CPUs, so don't warn on uses of synchronize_srcu_expedited().
+# Of course, nothing comes for free, and srcu_read_lock() and
+# srcu_read_unlock() do contain full memory barriers in payment for
+# synchronize_srcu_expedited() non-interruption properties.
+               if ($line =~ /\b(synchronize_rcu_expedited|synchronize_sched_expedited)\(/) {
+                       WARN("EXPEDITED_RCU_GRACE_PERIOD",
+                            "expedited RCU grace periods should be avoided where they can degrade real-time response\n" . $herecurr);
+
+               }
+
 # check of hardware specific defines
                if ($line =~ m@^.\s*\#\s*if.*\b(__i386__|__powerpc64__|__sun__|__s390x__)\b@ && $realfile !~ m@include/asm-@) {
                        CHK("ARCH_DEFINES",
@@ -4565,6 +5393,53 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
 
+# Check for __attribute__ weak, or __weak declarations (may have link issues)
+               if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+                   $line =~ /(?:$Declare|$DeclareMisordered)\s*$Ident\s*$balanced_parens\s*(?:$Attribute)?\s*;/ &&
+                   ($line =~ /\b__attribute__\s*\(\s*\(.*\bweak\b/ ||
+                    $line =~ /\b__weak\b/)) {
+                       ERROR("WEAK_DECLARATION",
+                             "Using weak declarations can have unintended link defects\n" . $herecurr);
+               }
+
+# check for c99 types like uint8_t used outside of uapi/
+               if ($realfile !~ m@\binclude/uapi/@ &&
+                   $line =~ /\b($Declare)\s*$Ident\s*[=;,\[]/) {
+                       my $type = $1;
+                       if ($type =~ /\b($typeC99Typedefs)\b/) {
+                               $type = $1;
+                               my $kernel_type = 'u';
+                               $kernel_type = 's' if ($type =~ /^_*[si]/);
+                               $type =~ /(\d+)/;
+                               $kernel_type .= $1;
+                               if (CHK("PREFER_KERNEL_TYPES",
+                                       "Prefer kernel type '$kernel_type' over '$type'\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                                   $fix) {
+                                       $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\b$type\b/$kernel_type/;
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+
+# check for cast of C90 native int or longer types constants
+               if ($line =~ /(\(\s*$C90_int_types\s*\)\s*)($Constant)\b/) {
+                       my $cast = $1;
+                       my $const = $2;
+                       if (WARN("TYPECAST_INT_CONSTANT",
+                                "Unnecessary typecast of c90 int constant\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                           $fix) {
+                               my $suffix = "";
+                               my $newconst = $const;
+                               $newconst =~ s/${Int_type}$//;
+                               $suffix .= 'U' if ($cast =~ /\bunsigned\b/);
+                               if ($cast =~ /\blong\s+long\b/) {
+                                       $suffix .= 'LL';
+                               } elsif ($cast =~ /\blong\b/) {
+                                       $suffix .= 'L';
+                               }
+                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\Q$cast\E$const\b/$newconst$suffix/;
+                       }
+               }
+
 # check for sizeof(&)
                if ($line =~ /\bsizeof\s*\(\s*\&/) {
                        WARN("SIZEOF_ADDRESS",
@@ -4580,12 +5455,6 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
 
-# check for line continuations in quoted strings with odd counts of "
-               if ($rawline =~ /\\$/ && $rawline =~ tr/"/"/ % 2) {
-                       WARN("LINE_CONTINUATIONS",
-                            "Avoid line continuations in quoted strings\n" . $herecurr);
-               }
-
 # check for struct spinlock declarations
                if ($line =~ /^.\s*\bstruct\s+spinlock\s+\w+\s*;/) {
                        WARN("USE_SPINLOCK_T",
@@ -4595,7 +5464,8 @@ sub process {
 # check for seq_printf uses that could be seq_puts
                if ($sline =~ /\bseq_printf\s*\(.*"\s*\)\s*;\s*$/) {
                        my $fmt = get_quoted_string($line, $rawline);
-                       if ($fmt ne "" && $fmt !~ /[^\\]\%/) {
+                       $fmt =~ s/%%//g;
+                       if ($fmt !~ /%/) {
                                if (WARN("PREFER_SEQ_PUTS",
                                         "Prefer seq_puts to seq_printf\n" . $herecurr) &&
                                    $fix) {
@@ -4607,7 +5477,7 @@ sub process {
 # Check for misused memsets
                if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
                    defined $stat &&
-                   $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemset\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*$FuncArg\s*\)/s) {
+                   $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemset\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*$FuncArg\s*\)/) {
 
                        my $ms_addr = $2;
                        my $ms_val = $7;
@@ -4624,14 +5494,46 @@ sub process {
 
 # Check for memcpy(foo, bar, ETH_ALEN) that could be ether_addr_copy(foo, bar)
                if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
-                   $line =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemcpy\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/s) {
+                   defined $stat &&
+                   $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemcpy\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/) {
                        if (WARN("PREFER_ETHER_ADDR_COPY",
-                                "Prefer ether_addr_copy() over memcpy() if the Ethernet addresses are __aligned(2)\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                                "Prefer ether_addr_copy() over memcpy() if the Ethernet addresses are __aligned(2)\n" . "$here\n$stat\n") &&
                            $fix) {
                                $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bmemcpy\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/ether_addr_copy($2, $7)/;
                        }
                }
 
+# Check for memcmp(foo, bar, ETH_ALEN) that could be ether_addr_equal*(foo, bar)
+               if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+                   defined $stat &&
+                   $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemcmp\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/) {
+                       WARN("PREFER_ETHER_ADDR_EQUAL",
+                            "Prefer ether_addr_equal() or ether_addr_equal_unaligned() over memcmp()\n" . "$here\n$stat\n")
+               }
+
+# check for memset(foo, 0x0, ETH_ALEN) that could be eth_zero_addr
+# check for memset(foo, 0xFF, ETH_ALEN) that could be eth_broadcast_addr
+               if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+                   defined $stat &&
+                   $stat =~ /^\+(?:.*?)\bmemset\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/) {
+
+                       my $ms_val = $7;
+
+                       if ($ms_val =~ /^(?:0x|)0+$/i) {
+                               if (WARN("PREFER_ETH_ZERO_ADDR",
+                                        "Prefer eth_zero_addr over memset()\n" . "$here\n$stat\n") &&
+                                   $fix) {
+                                       $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bmemset\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/eth_zero_addr($2)/;
+                               }
+                       } elsif ($ms_val =~ /^(?:0xff|255)$/i) {
+                               if (WARN("PREFER_ETH_BROADCAST_ADDR",
+                                        "Prefer eth_broadcast_addr() over memset()\n" . "$here\n$stat\n") &&
+                                   $fix) {
+                                       $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bmemset\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/eth_broadcast_addr($2)/;
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+
 # typecasts on min/max could be min_t/max_t
                if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
                    defined $stat &&
@@ -4821,6 +5723,27 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
 
+# check for #defines like: 1 << <digit> that could be BIT(digit)
+               if ($line =~ /#\s*define\s+\w+\s+\(?\s*1\s*([ulUL]*)\s*\<\<\s*(?:\d+|$Ident)\s*\)?/) {
+                       my $ull = "";
+                       $ull = "_ULL" if (defined($1) && $1 =~ /ll/i);
+                       if (CHK("BIT_MACRO",
+                               "Prefer using the BIT$ull macro\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                           $fix) {
+                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\(?\s*1\s*[ulUL]*\s*<<\s*(\d+|$Ident)\s*\)?/BIT${ull}($1)/;
+                       }
+               }
+
+# check for #if defined CONFIG_<FOO> || defined CONFIG_<FOO>_MODULE
+               if ($line =~ /^\+\s*#\s*if\s+defined(?:\s*\(?\s*|\s+)(CONFIG_[A-Z_]+)\s*\)?\s*\|\|\s*defined(?:\s*\(?\s*|\s+)\1_MODULE\s*\)?\s*$/) {
+                       my $config = $1;
+                       if (WARN("PREFER_IS_ENABLED",
+                                "Prefer IS_ENABLED(<FOO>) to CONFIG_<FOO> || CONFIG_<FOO>_MODULE\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                           $fix) {
+                               $fixed[$fixlinenr] = "\+#if IS_ENABLED($config)";
+                       }
+               }
+
 # check for case / default statements not preceded by break/fallthrough/switch
                if ($line =~ /^.\s*(?:case\s+(?:$Ident|$Constant)\s*|default):/) {
                        my $has_break = 0;
@@ -4869,6 +5792,12 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
 
+# check for uses of __DATE__, __TIME__, __TIMESTAMP__
+               while ($line =~ /\b(__(?:DATE|TIME|TIMESTAMP)__)\b/g) {
+                       ERROR("DATE_TIME",
+                             "Use of the '$1' macro makes the build non-deterministic\n" . $herecurr);
+               }
+
 # check for use of yield()
                if ($line =~ /\byield\s*\(\s*\)/) {
                        WARN("YIELD",
@@ -4920,8 +5849,9 @@ sub process {
                             "please use device_initcall() or more appropriate function instead of __initcall() (see include/linux/init.h)\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 
-# check for various ops structs, ensure they are const.
-               my $struct_ops = qr{acpi_dock_ops|
+# check for various structs that are normally const (ops, kgdb, device_tree)
+               my $const_structs = qr{
+                               acpi_dock_ops|
                                address_space_operations|
                                backlight_ops|
                                block_device_operations|
@@ -4944,6 +5874,7 @@ sub process {
                                mtrr_ops|
                                neigh_ops|
                                nlmsvc_binding|
+                               of_device_id|
                                pci_raw_ops|
                                pipe_buf_operations|
                                platform_hibernation_ops|
@@ -4956,10 +5887,11 @@ sub process {
                                stacktrace_ops|
                                sysfs_ops|
                                tty_operations|
+                               uart_ops|
                                usb_mon_operations|
                                wd_ops}x;
                if ($line !~ /\bconst\b/ &&
-                   $line =~ /\bstruct\s+($struct_ops)\b/) {
+                   $line =~ /\bstruct\s+($const_structs)\b/) {
                        WARN("CONST_STRUCT",
                             "struct $1 should normally be const\n" .
                                $herecurr);
@@ -4984,16 +5916,11 @@ sub process {
                              "#define of '$1' is wrong - use Kconfig variables or standard guards instead\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 
-# check for %L{u,d,i} in strings
-               my $string;
-               while ($line =~ /(?:^|")([X\t]*)(?:"|$)/g) {
-                       $string = substr($rawline, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1]);
-                       $string =~ s/%%/__/g;
-                       if ($string =~ /(?<!%)%L[udi]/) {
-                               WARN("PRINTF_L",
-                                    "\%Ld/%Lu are not-standard C, use %lld/%llu\n" . $herecurr);
-                               last;
-                       }
+# likely/unlikely comparisons similar to "(likely(foo) > 0)"
+               if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+                   $line =~ /\b((?:un)?likely)\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*\)\s*$Compare/) {
+                       WARN("LIKELY_MISUSE",
+                            "Using $1 should generally have parentheses around the comparison\n" . $herecurr);
                }
 
 # whine mightly about in_atomic
@@ -5007,6 +5934,28 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
 
+# whine about ACCESS_ONCE
+               if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+                   $line =~ /\bACCESS_ONCE\s*$balanced_parens\s*(=(?!=))?\s*($FuncArg)?/) {
+                       my $par = $1;
+                       my $eq = $2;
+                       my $fun = $3;
+                       $par =~ s/^\(\s*(.*)\s*\)$/$1/;
+                       if (defined($eq)) {
+                               if (WARN("PREFER_WRITE_ONCE",
+                                        "Prefer WRITE_ONCE(<FOO>, <BAR>) over ACCESS_ONCE(<FOO>) = <BAR>\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                                   $fix) {
+                                       $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bACCESS_ONCE\s*\(\s*\Q$par\E\s*\)\s*$eq\s*\Q$fun\E/WRITE_ONCE($par, $fun)/;
+                               }
+                       } else {
+                               if (WARN("PREFER_READ_ONCE",
+                                        "Prefer READ_ONCE(<FOO>) over ACCESS_ONCE(<FOO>)\n" . $herecurr) &&
+                                   $fix) {
+                                       $fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bACCESS_ONCE\s*\(\s*\Q$par\E\s*\)/READ_ONCE($par)/;
+                               }
+                       }
+               }
+
 # check for lockdep_set_novalidate_class
                if ($line =~ /^.\s*lockdep_set_novalidate_class\s*\(/ ||
                    $line =~ /__lockdep_no_validate__\s*\)/ ) {
@@ -5018,8 +5967,8 @@ sub process {
                        }
                }
 
-               if ($line =~ /debugfs_create_file.*S_IWUGO/ ||
-                   $line =~ /DEVICE_ATTR.*S_IWUGO/ ) {
+               if ($line =~ /debugfs_create_\w+.*\b$mode_perms_world_writable\b/ ||
+                   $line =~ /DEVICE_ATTR.*\b$mode_perms_world_writable\b/) {
                        WARN("EXPORTED_WORLD_WRITABLE",
                             "Exporting world writable files is usually an error. Consider more restrictive permissions.\n" . $herecurr);
                }
@@ -5047,10 +5996,31 @@ sub process {
                                             length($val) ne 4)) {
                                                ERROR("NON_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS",
                                                      "Use 4 digit octal (0777) not decimal permissions\n" . $herecurr);
+                                       } elsif ($val =~ /^$Octal$/ && (oct($val) & 02)) {
+                                               ERROR("EXPORTED_WORLD_WRITABLE",
+                                                     "Exporting writable files is usually an error. Consider more restrictive permissions.\n" . $herecurr);
                                        }
                                }
                        }
                }
+
+# validate content of MODULE_LICENSE against list from include/linux/module.h
+               if ($line =~ /\bMODULE_LICENSE\s*\(\s*($String)\s*\)/) {
+                       my $extracted_string = get_quoted_string($line, $rawline);
+                       my $valid_licenses = qr{
+                                               GPL|
+                                               GPL\ v2|
+                                               GPL\ and\ additional\ rights|
+                                               Dual\ BSD/GPL|
+                                               Dual\ MIT/GPL|
+                                               Dual\ MPL/GPL|
+                                               Proprietary
+                                       }x;
+                       if ($extracted_string !~ /^"(?:$valid_licenses)"$/x) {
+                               WARN("MODULE_LICENSE",
+                                    "unknown module license " . $extracted_string . "\n" . $herecurr);
+                       }
+               }
        }
 
        # If we have no input at all, then there is nothing to report on
@@ -5071,11 +6041,11 @@ sub process {
                exit(0);
        }
 
-       if (!$is_patch) {
+       if (!$is_patch && $file !~ /cover-letter\.patch$/) {
                ERROR("NOT_UNIFIED_DIFF",
                      "Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch\n");
        }
-       if ($is_patch && $chk_signoff && $signoff == 0) {
+       if ($is_patch && $filename ne '-' && $chk_signoff && $signoff == 0) {
                ERROR("MISSING_SIGN_OFF",
                      "Missing Signed-off-by: line(s)\n");
        }
@@ -5086,28 +6056,29 @@ sub process {
                print "total: $cnt_error errors, $cnt_warn warnings, " .
                        (($check)? "$cnt_chk checks, " : "") .
                        "$cnt_lines lines checked\n";
-               print "\n" if ($quiet == 0);
        }
 
        if ($quiet == 0) {
+               # If there were any defects found and not already fixing them
+               if (!$clean and !$fix) {
+                       print << "EOM"
 
-               if ($^V lt 5.10.0) {
-                       print("NOTE: perl $^V is not modern enough to detect all possible issues.\n");
-                       print("An upgrade to at least perl v5.10.0 is suggested.\n\n");
+NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to
+      mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace.
+EOM
                }
-
                # If there were whitespace errors which cleanpatch can fix
                # then suggest that.
                if ($rpt_cleaners) {
-                       print "NOTE: whitespace errors detected, you may wish to use scripts/cleanpatch or\n";
-                       print "      scripts/cleanfile\n\n";
                        $rpt_cleaners = 0;
+                       print << "EOM"
+
+NOTE: Whitespace errors detected.
+      You may wish to use scripts/cleanpatch or scripts/cleanfile
+EOM
                }
        }
 
-       hash_show_words(\%use_type, "Used");
-       hash_show_words(\%ignore_type, "Ignored");
-
        if ($clean == 0 && $fix &&
            ("@rawlines" ne "@fixed" ||
             $#fixed_inserted >= 0 || $#fixed_deleted >= 0)) {
@@ -5135,6 +6106,7 @@ sub process {
 
                if (!$quiet) {
                        print << "EOM";
+
 Wrote EXPERIMENTAL --fix correction(s) to '$newfile'
 
 Do _NOT_ trust the results written to this file.
@@ -5142,22 +6114,17 @@ Do _NOT_ submit these changes without inspecting them for correctness.
 
 This EXPERIMENTAL file is simply a convenience to help rewrite patches.
 No warranties, expressed or implied...
-
 EOM
                }
        }
 
-       if ($clean == 1 && $quiet == 0) {
-               print "$vname has no obvious style problems and is ready for submission.\n"
-       }
-       if ($clean == 0 && $quiet == 0) {
-               print << "EOM";
-$vname has style problems, please review.
-
-If any of these errors are false positives, please report
-them to the maintainer, see CHECKPATCH in MAINTAINERS.
-EOM
+       if ($quiet == 0) {
+               print "\n";
+               if ($clean == 1) {
+                       print "$vname has no obvious style problems and is ready for submission.\n";
+               } else {
+                       print "$vname has style problems, please review.\n";
+               }
        }
-
        return $clean;
 }