Re: checkpatch: SPDX integration breaks --root

[Charlemagne Lasse]

> OK. How about:
>
> though this might not work on a path with spaces
> or some such...
>
> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 5 +++--
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index f25f708cd2a7..afb9fb27908c 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -852,9 +852,10 @@ sub is_maintained_obsolete {
>  sub is_SPDX_License_valid {
>         my ($license) = @_;
>
> -       return 1 if (!$tree || which("python") eq "" || !(-e "$root/scripts/spdxcheck.py"));
> +       return 1 if (!$tree || which("python") eq "" || !(-e "$root/scripts/spdxcheck.py") || !(-e "$root/.git"));
>
> -       my $status = `echo "$license" | python $root/scripts/spdxcheck.py -`;
> +       my $root_path = abs_path($root);
> +       my $status = `cd $root_path; echo "$license" | python scripts/spdxcheck.py -`;
>         return 0 if ($status ne "");
>         return 1;
>  }

Thanks, works at least for me. Maybe use

cd "$root_path"

to get it working with paths that include spaces.

Tested-by: Charlemagne Lasse <charlemagnelasse@xxxxxxxxx>