net: be more restrictive with ethernet address format

[dpdk.git] / devtools / checkpatches.sh

diff --git a/devtools/checkpatches.sh b/devtools/checkpatches.sh
index d150353..560e6ce 100755 (executable)
--- a/devtools/checkpatches.sh
+++ b/devtools/checkpatches.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # - DPDK_CHECKPATCH_PATH
 # - DPDK_CHECKPATCH_CODESPELL
 # - DPDK_CHECKPATCH_LINE_LENGTH
+# - DPDK_CHECKPATCH_OPTIONS
 . $(dirname $(readlink -e $0))/load-devel-config
 
 VALIDATE_NEW_API=$(dirname $(readlink -e $0))/check-symbol-change.sh
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ PREFER_KERNEL_TYPES,BIT_MACRO,CONST_STRUCT,\
 SPLIT_STRING,LONG_LINE_STRING,\
 LINE_SPACING,PARENTHESIS_ALIGNMENT,NETWORKING_BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE,\
 NEW_TYPEDEFS,COMPARISON_TO_NULL"
+options="$options $DPDK_CHECKPATCH_OPTIONS"
 
 clean_tmp_files() {
        if echo $tmpinput | grep -q '^checkpatches\.' ; then
@@ -96,6 +98,11 @@ check_experimental_tags() { # <patch>
                                "headers ("current_file")";
                        ret = 1;
                }
+               if ($1 != "+__rte_experimental" || $2 != "") {
+                       print "__rte_experimental must appear alone on the line" \
+                               " immediately preceding the return type of a function."
+                       ret = 1;
+               }
        }
        END {
                exit ret;