Re: Checking for space before ending comment tag

[Joe Perches]

Maybe this is better as it can fix them too.

---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 577e029987011..70afa4ff2addf 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3868,6 +3868,22 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+# Single line comment style - warn when '/*comment */' or '/* comment*/'
+		if ($line =~ /^\+.*$;/ &&
+		    $rawline =~ m@/\*.+\*/@ &&
+		    (($rawline =~ m@/\* @  && $rawline =~ m@\w\*/@) ||
+		     ($rawline =~ m@/\*\w@ && $rawline =~ m@ \*/@))) {
+			if (WARN("COMMENT_STYLE",
+				 "Single line comments should use a space after /* and before */\n" . $herecurr) &&
+			    $fix) {
+				$rawline =~ m@/\*.+\*/@;
+				my $comment = substr($rawline, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0]);
+				my $newcomment = trim(substr($comment, 2, -2));
+				$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~
+				    s@\Q$comment\E@/\* $newcomment \*/@;
+			}
+		}
+
 # Block comment styles
 # Networking with an initial /*
 		if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@ &&