[PATCH] checkpatch: Add comment about updatingDocumentation/CodingStyle

[Josh Triplett]

Patches to checkpatch that add new style rules should also change
Documentation/CodingStyle to document those new style rules; add a
comment to that effect to the top of scripts/checkpatch.pl.

Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 2ee9eb7..ba65ea6 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 # (c) 2007,2008, Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxx> (new conditions, test suite)
 # (c) 2008-2010 Andy Whitcroft <apw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
 # Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL License version 2
+#
+# This file does not define the kernel coding style; Documentation/CodingStyle
+# does.  If you add a new style test to this file, add the corresponding style
+# rule it enforces to Documentation/CodingStyle.
 
 use strict;
 use POSIX;
-- 
1.8.4.rc3

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