checkpatch: update to linux-4.17
am: bbc97c1419

Change-Id: I0bc3730aec06ea36a93b5e4b9044e04a2df27951
diff --git a/tools/checkpatch.pl b/tools/checkpatch.pl
index 0147c91..2d42eb9 100755
--- a/tools/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/tools/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
 # (c) 2001, Dave Jones. (the file handling bit)
 # (c) 2005, Joel Schopp <jschopp@austin.ibm.com> (the ugly bit)
 # (c) 2007,2008, Andy Whitcroft <apw@uk.ibm.com> (new conditions, test suite)
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 # Licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL License version 2
 
 use strict;
+use warnings;
 use POSIX;
 use File::Basename;
 use Cwd 'abs_path';
@@ -27,12 +28,15 @@
 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;
@@ -51,7 +55,10 @@
 my $spelling_file = "$D/spelling.txt";
 my $codespell = 0;
 my $codespellfile = "/usr/share/codespell/dictionary.txt";
-my $color = 1;
+my $conststructsfile = "$D/const_structs.checkpatch";
+my $typedefsfile = "";
+my $color = "auto";
+my $allow_c99_comments = 1;
 
 sub help {
 	my ($exitcode) = @_;
@@ -68,13 +75,24 @@
   --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
   --min-conf-desc-length=n   set the min description length, if shorter, warn
-  --show-types               show the message "types" in the output
   --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
@@ -97,7 +115,9 @@
   --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)
+  --typedefsfile             Read additional types from this file
+  --color[=WHEN]             Use colors 'always', 'never', or only when output
+                             is a terminal ('auto'). Default is 'auto'.
   -h, --help, --version      display this help and exit
 
 When FILE is - read standard input.
@@ -106,6 +126,38 @@
 	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($script);
+
+	my @types = ();
+	# Also catch when type or level is passed through a variable
+	for ($text =~ /(?:(?:\bCHK|\bWARN|\bERROR|&\{\$msg_level})\s*\(|\$msg_type\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;
@@ -132,6 +184,14 @@
 	unshift(@ARGV, @conf_args) if @conf_args;
 }
 
+# Perl's Getopt::Long allows options to take optional arguments after a space.
+# Prevent --color by itself from consuming other arguments
+foreach (@ARGV) {
+	if ($_ eq "--color" || $_ eq "-color") {
+		$_ = "--color=$color";
+	}
+}
+
 GetOptions(
 	'q|quiet+'	=> \$quiet,
 	'tree!'		=> \$tree,
@@ -141,11 +201,13 @@
 	'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,
@@ -159,13 +221,18 @@
 	'test-only=s'	=> \$tst_only,
 	'codespell!'	=> \$codespell,
 	'codespellfile=s'	=> \$codespellfile,
-	'color!'	=> \$color,
+	'typedefsfile=s'	=> \$typedefsfile,
+	'color=s'	=> \$color,
+	'no-color'	=> \$color,	#keep old behaviors of -nocolor
+	'nocolor'	=> \$color,	#keep old behaviors of -nocolor
 	'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;
 
@@ -178,9 +245,21 @@
 	}
 }
 
+#if no filenames are given, push '-' to read patch from stdin
 if ($#ARGV < 0) {
-	print "$P: no input files\n";
-	exit(1);
+	push(@ARGV, '-');
+}
+
+if ($color =~ /^[01]$/) {
+	$color = !$color;
+} elsif ($color =~ /^always$/i) {
+	$color = 1;
+} elsif ($color =~ /^never$/i) {
+	$color = 0;
+} elsif ($color =~ /^auto$/i) {
+	$color = (-t STDOUT);
+} else {
+	die "Invalid color mode: $color\n";
 }
 
 sub hash_save_array_words {
@@ -264,12 +343,12 @@
 			__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)};
@@ -284,7 +363,7 @@
 			__percpu|
 			__nocast|
 			__safe|
-			__bitwise__|
+			__bitwise|
 			__packed__|
 			__packed2__|
 			__naked|
@@ -373,8 +452,9 @@
 our $zero_initializer = qr{(?:(?:0[xX])?0+$Int_type?|NULL|false)\b};
 
 our $logFunctions = qr{(?x:
-	printk(?:_ratelimited|_once|)|
+	printk(?:_ratelimited|_once|_deferred_once|_deferred|)|
 	(?:[a-z0-9]+_){1,2}(?:printk|emerg|alert|crit|err|warning|warn|notice|info|debug|dbg|vdbg|devel|cont|WARN)(?:_ratelimited|_once|)|
+	TP_printk|
 	WARN(?:_RATELIMIT|_ONCE|)|
 	panic|
 	MODULE_[A-Z_]+|
@@ -473,7 +553,11 @@
 	["module_param_array_named", 5],
 	["debugfs_create_(?:file|u8|u16|u32|u64|x8|x16|x32|x64|size_t|atomic_t|bool|blob|regset32|u32_array)", 2],
 	["proc_create(?:_data|)", 2],
-	["(?:CLASS|DEVICE|SENSOR)_ATTR", 2],
+	["(?:CLASS|DEVICE|SENSOR|SENSOR_DEVICE|IIO_DEVICE)_ATTR", 2],
+	["IIO_DEV_ATTR_[A-Z_]+", 1],
+	["SENSOR_(?:DEVICE_|)ATTR_2", 2],
+	["SENSOR_TEMPLATE(?:_2|)", 3],
+	["__ATTR", 2],
 );
 
 #Create a search pattern for all these functions to speed up a loop below
@@ -482,6 +566,7 @@
 	$mode_perms_search .= '|' if ($mode_perms_search ne "");
 	$mode_perms_search .= $entry->[0];
 }
+$mode_perms_search = "(?:${mode_perms_search})";
 
 our $mode_perms_world_writable = qr{
 	S_IWUGO		|
@@ -491,6 +576,63 @@
 	0[0-7][0-7][2367]
 }x;
 
+our %mode_permission_string_types = (
+	"S_IRWXU" => 0700,
+	"S_IRUSR" => 0400,
+	"S_IWUSR" => 0200,
+	"S_IXUSR" => 0100,
+	"S_IRWXG" => 0070,
+	"S_IRGRP" => 0040,
+	"S_IWGRP" => 0020,
+	"S_IXGRP" => 0010,
+	"S_IRWXO" => 0007,
+	"S_IROTH" => 0004,
+	"S_IWOTH" => 0002,
+	"S_IXOTH" => 0001,
+	"S_IRWXUGO" => 0777,
+	"S_IRUGO" => 0444,
+	"S_IWUGO" => 0222,
+	"S_IXUGO" => 0111,
+);
+
+#Create a search pattern for all these strings to speed up a loop below
+our $mode_perms_string_search = "";
+foreach my $entry (keys %mode_permission_string_types) {
+	$mode_perms_string_search .= '|' if ($mode_perms_string_search ne "");
+	$mode_perms_string_search .= $entry;
+}
+our $single_mode_perms_string_search = "(?:${mode_perms_string_search})";
+our $multi_mode_perms_string_search = qr{
+	${single_mode_perms_string_search}
+	(?:\s*\|\s*${single_mode_perms_string_search})*
+}x;
+
+sub perms_to_octal {
+	my ($string) = @_;
+
+	return trim($string) if ($string =~ /^\s*0[0-7]{3,3}\s*$/);
+
+	my $val = "";
+	my $oval = "";
+	my $to = 0;
+	my $curpos = 0;
+	my $lastpos = 0;
+	while ($string =~ /\b(($single_mode_perms_string_search)\b(?:\s*\|\s*)?\s*)/g) {
+		$curpos = pos($string);
+		my $match = $2;
+		my $omatch = $1;
+		last if ($lastpos > 0 && ($curpos - length($omatch) != $lastpos));
+		$lastpos = $curpos;
+		$to |= $mode_permission_string_types{$match};
+		$val .= '\s*\|\s*' if ($val ne "");
+		$val .= $match;
+		$oval .= $omatch;
+	}
+	$oval =~ s/^\s*\|\s*//;
+	$oval =~ s/\s*\|\s*$//;
+	return sprintf("%04o", $to);
+}
+
 our $allowed_asm_includes = qr{(?x:
 	irq|
 	memory|
@@ -548,6 +690,44 @@
 
 $misspellings = join("|", sort keys %spelling_fix) if keys %spelling_fix;
 
+sub read_words {
+	my ($wordsRef, $file) = @_;
+
+	if (open(my $words, '<', $file)) {
+		while (<$words>) {
+			my $line = $_;
+
+			$line =~ s/\s*\n?$//g;
+			$line =~ s/^\s*//g;
+
+			next if ($line =~ m/^\s*#/);
+			next if ($line =~ m/^\s*$/);
+			if ($line =~ /\s/) {
+				print("$file: '$line' invalid - ignored\n");
+				next;
+			}
+
+			$$wordsRef .= '|' if ($$wordsRef ne "");
+			$$wordsRef .= $line;
+		}
+		close($file);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+my $const_structs = "";
+read_words(\$const_structs, $conststructsfile)
+    or warn "No structs that should be const will be found - file '$conststructsfile': $!\n";
+
+my $typeOtherTypedefs = "";
+if (length($typedefsfile)) {
+	read_words(\$typeOtherTypedefs, $typedefsfile)
+	    or warn "No additional types will be considered - file '$typedefsfile': $!\n";
+}
+$typeTypedefs .= '|' . $typeOtherTypedefs if ($typeOtherTypedefs ne "");
+
 sub build_types {
 	my $mods = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", (@modifierList, @modifierListFile)) . "\n)";
 	my $all = "(?x:  \n" . join("|\n  ", (@typeList, @typeListFile)) . "\n)";
@@ -610,8 +790,9 @@
 
 our $declaration_macros = qr{(?x:
 	(?:$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*\(
+	(?:$Storage\s+)?[HLP]?LIST_HEAD\s*\(|
+	(?:$Storage\s+)?${Type}\s+uninitialized_var\s*\(|
+	(?:SKCIPHER_REQUEST|SHASH_DESC|AHASH_REQUEST)_ON_STACK\s*\(
 )};
 
 sub deparenthesize {
@@ -654,6 +835,16 @@
 	}
 }
 
+sub is_maintained_obsolete {
+	my ($filename) = @_;
+
+	return 0 if (!$tree || !(-e "$root/scripts/get_maintainer.pl"));
+
+	my $status = `perl $root/scripts/get_maintainer.pl --status --nom --nol --nogit --nogit-fallback -f $filename 2>&1`;
+
+	return $status =~ /obsolete/i;
+}
+
 my $camelcase_seeded = 0;
 sub seed_camelcase_includes {
 	return if ($camelcase_seeded);
@@ -734,6 +925,7 @@
 #		    echo "commit $(cut -c 1-12,41-)"
 #		done
 	} elsif ($lines[0] =~ /^fatal: ambiguous argument '$commit': unknown revision or path not in the working tree\./) {
+		$id = undef;
 	} else {
 		$id = substr($lines[0], 0, 12);
 		$desc = substr($lines[0], 41);
@@ -751,10 +943,42 @@
 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 '-') {
@@ -765,6 +989,8 @@
 	}
 	if ($filename eq '-') {
 		$vname = 'Your patch';
+	} elsif ($git) {
+		$vname = "Commit " . substr($filename, 0, 12) . ' ("' . $git_commits{$filename} . '")';
 	} else {
 		$vname = $filename;
 	}
@@ -850,7 +1076,7 @@
 	} elsif ($formatted_email =~ /(\S+\@\S+)(.*)$/) {
 		$address = $1;
 		$comment = $2 if defined $2;
-		$formatted_email =~ s/$address.*$//;
+		$formatted_email =~ s/\Q$address\E.*$//;
 		$name = $formatted_email;
 		$name = trim($name);
 		$name =~ s/^\"|\"$//g;
@@ -992,7 +1218,7 @@
 	for ($off = 1; $off < length($line); $off++) {
 		$c = substr($line, $off, 1);
 
-		# Comments we are wacking completly including the begin
+		# Comments we are whacking completely including the begin
 		# and end, all to $;.
 		if ($sanitise_quote eq '' && substr($line, $off, 2) eq '/*') {
 			$sanitise_quote = '*/';
@@ -1061,12 +1287,18 @@
 		$res =~ s@(\#\s*(?:error|warning)\s+).*@$1$clean@;
 	}
 
+	if ($allow_c99_comments && $res =~ m@(//.*$)@) {
+		my $match = $1;
+		$res =~ s/\Q$match\E/"$;" x length($match)/e;
+	}
+
 	return $res;
 }
 
 sub get_quoted_string {
 	my ($line, $rawline) = @_;
 
+	return "" if (!defined($line) || !defined($rawline));
 	return "" if ($line !~ m/($String)/g);
 	return substr($rawline, $-[0], $+[0] - $-[0]);
 }
@@ -1414,6 +1646,28 @@
 	return $line;
 }
 
+sub get_stat_real {
+	my ($linenr, $lc) = @_;
+
+	my $stat_real = raw_line($linenr, 0);
+	for (my $count = $linenr + 1; $count <= $lc; $count++) {
+		$stat_real = $stat_real . "\n" . raw_line($count, 0);
+	}
+
+	return $stat_real;
+}
+
+sub get_stat_here {
+	my ($linenr, $cnt, $here) = @_;
+
+	my $herectx = $here . "\n";
+	for (my $n = 0; $n < $cnt; $n++) {
+		$herectx .= raw_line($linenr, $n) . "\n";
+	}
+
+	return $herectx;
+}
+
 sub cat_vet {
 	my ($vet) = @_;
 	my ($res, $coded);
@@ -1695,6 +1949,8 @@
 sub show_type {
 	my ($type) = @_;
 
+	$type =~ tr/[a-z]/[A-Z]/;
+
 	return defined $use_type{$type} if (scalar keys %use_type > 0);
 
 	return !defined $ignore_type{$type};
@@ -1708,7 +1964,7 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 	my $output = '';
-	if (-t STDOUT && $color) {
+	if ($color) {
 		if ($level eq 'ERROR') {
 			$output .= RED;
 		} elsif ($level eq 'WARNING') {
@@ -1719,10 +1975,10 @@
 	}
 	$output .= $prefix . $level . ':';
 	if ($show_types) {
-		$output .= BLUE if (-t STDOUT && $color);
+		$output .= BLUE if ($color);
 		$output .= "$type:";
 	}
-	$output .= RESET if (-t STDOUT && $color);
+	$output .= RESET if ($color);
 	$output .= ' ' . $msg . "\n";
 
 	if ($showfile) {
@@ -1980,7 +2236,8 @@
 	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 $has_commit_log = 0;		#Encountered 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;
@@ -2000,6 +2257,7 @@
 	my $realline = 0;
 	my $realcnt = 0;
 	my $here = '';
+	my $context_function;		#undef'd unless there's a known function
 	my $in_comment = 0;
 	my $comment_edge = 0;
 	my $first_line = 0;
@@ -2023,6 +2281,8 @@
 
 	my $camelcase_file_seeded = 0;
 
+	my $checklicenseline = 1;
+
 	sanitise_line_reset();
 	my $line;
 	foreach my $rawline (@rawlines) {
@@ -2033,12 +2293,12 @@
 
 		if ($rawline=~/^\+\+\+\s+(\S+)/) {
 			$setup_docs = 0;
-			if ($1 =~ m@Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt$@) {
+			if ($1 =~ m@Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst$@) {
 				$setup_docs = 1;
 			}
 			#next;
 		}
-		if ($rawline=~/^\@\@ -\d+(?:,\d+)? \+(\d+)(,(\d+))? \@\@/) {
+		if ($rawline =~ /^\@\@ -\d+(?:,\d+)? \+(\d+)(,(\d+))? \@\@/) {
 			$realline=$1-1;
 			if (defined $2) {
 				$realcnt=$3+1;
@@ -2117,7 +2377,8 @@
 
 #extract the line range in the file after the patch is applied
 		if (!$in_commit_log &&
-		    $line =~ /^\@\@ -\d+(?:,\d+)? \+(\d+)(,(\d+))? \@\@/) {
+		    $line =~ /^\@\@ -\d+(?:,\d+)? \+(\d+)(,(\d+))? \@\@(.*)/) {
+			my $context = $4;
 			$is_patch = 1;
 			$first_line = $linenr + 1;
 			$realline=$1-1;
@@ -2133,6 +2394,11 @@
 			%suppress_whiletrailers = ();
 			%suppress_export = ();
 			$suppress_statement = 0;
+			if ($context =~ /\b(\w+)\s*\(/) {
+				$context_function = $1;
+			} else {
+				undef $context_function;
+			}
 			next;
 
 # track the line number as we move through the hunk, note that
@@ -2199,11 +2465,16 @@
 		}
 
 		if ($found_file) {
+			if (is_maintained_obsolete($realfile)) {
+				WARN("OBSOLETE",
+				     "$realfile is marked as 'obsolete' in the MAINTAINERS hierarchy.  No unnecessary modifications please.\n");
+			}
 			if ($realfile =~ m@^(?:drivers/net/|net/|drivers/staging/)@) {
 				$check = 1;
 			} else {
 				$check = $check_orig;
 			}
+			$checklicenseline = 1;
 			next;
 		}
 
@@ -2370,8 +2641,10 @@
 
 # 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|https|BugLink):/i &&
+		    $line !~ /^This reverts commit [0-9a-f]{7,40}/ &&
 		    ($line =~ /\bcommit\s+[0-9a-f]{5,}\b/i ||
-		     ($line =~ /\b[0-9a-f]{12,40}\b/i &&
+		     ($line =~ /(?:\s|^)[0-9a-f]{12,40}(?:[\s"'\(\[]|$)/i &&
 		      $line !~ /[\<\[][0-9a-f]{12,40}[\>\]]/i &&
 		      $line !~ /\bfixes:\s*[0-9a-f]{12,40}/i))) {
 			my $init_char = "c";
@@ -2418,7 +2691,8 @@
 			($id, $description) = git_commit_info($orig_commit,
 							      $id, $orig_desc);
 
-			if ($short || $long || $space || $case || ($orig_desc ne $description) || !$hasparens) {
+			if (defined($id) &&
+			   ($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);
 			}
@@ -2430,6 +2704,7 @@
 		     $line =~ /^rename (?:from|to) [\w\/\.\-]+\s*$/ ||
 		     ($line =~ /\{\s*([\w\/\.\-]*)\s*\=\>\s*([\w\/\.\-]*)\s*\}/ &&
 		      (defined($1) || defined($2))))) {
+			$is_patch = 1;
 			$reported_maintainer_file = 1;
 			WARN("FILE_PATH_CHANGES",
 			     "added, moved or deleted file(s), does MAINTAINERS need updating?\n" . $herecurr);
@@ -2442,20 +2717,6 @@
 				$herecurr) if (!$emitted_corrupt++);
 		}
 
-# Check for absolute kernel paths.
-		if ($tree) {
-			while ($line =~ m{(?:^|\s)(/\S*)}g) {
-				my $file = $1;
-
-				if ($file =~ m{^(.*?)(?::\d+)+:?$} &&
-				    check_absolute_file($1, $herecurr)) {
-					#
-				} else {
-					check_absolute_file($file, $herecurr);
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
 # UTF-8 regex found at http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-forms-utf-8.en.php
 		if (($realfile =~ /^$/ || $line =~ /^\+/) &&
 		    $rawline !~ m/^$UTF8*$/) {
@@ -2472,10 +2733,11 @@
 # Check if it's the start of a commit log
 # (not a header line and we haven't seen the patch filename)
 		if ($in_header_lines && $realfile =~ /^$/ &&
-		    !($rawline =~ /^\s+\S/ ||
-		      $rawline =~ /^(commit\b|from\b|[\w-]+:).*$/i)) {
+		    !($rawline =~ /^\s+(?:\S|$)/ ||
+		      $rawline =~ /^(?:commit\b|from\b|[\w-]+:)/i)) {
 			$in_header_lines = 0;
 			$in_commit_log = 1;
+			$has_commit_log = 1;
 		}
 
 # Check if there is UTF-8 in a commit log when a mail header has explicitly
@@ -2492,6 +2754,20 @@
 			    "8-bit UTF-8 used in possible commit log\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# Check for absolute kernel paths in commit message
+		if ($tree && $in_commit_log) {
+			while ($line =~ m{(?:^|\s)(/\S*)}g) {
+				my $file = $1;
+
+				if ($file =~ m{^(.*?)(?::\d+)+:?$} &&
+				    check_absolute_file($1, $herecurr)) {
+					#
+				} else {
+					check_absolute_file($file, $herecurr);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 # Check for various typo / spelling mistakes
 		if (defined($misspellings) &&
 		    ($in_commit_log || $line =~ /^(?:\+|Subject:)/i)) {
@@ -2500,10 +2776,10 @@
 				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) &&
+				my $msg_level = \&WARN;
+				$msg_level = \&CHK if ($file);
+				if (&{$msg_level}("TYPO_SPELLING",
+						  "'$typo' may be misspelled - perhaps '$typo_fix'?\n" . $herecurr) &&
 				    $fix) {
 					$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/(^|[^A-Za-z@])($typo)($|[^A-Za-z@])/$1$typo_fix$3/;
 				}
@@ -2534,20 +2810,24 @@
 
 # Check for FSF mailing addresses.
 		if ($rawline =~ /\bwrite to the Free/i ||
+		    $rawline =~ /\b675\s+Mass\s+Ave/i ||
 		    $rawline =~ /\b59\s+Temple\s+Pl/i ||
 		    $rawline =~ /\b51\s+Franklin\s+St/i) {
 			my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($rawline) . "\n";
-			my $msg_type = \&ERROR;
-			$msg_type = \&CHK if ($file);
-			&{$msg_type}("FSF_MAILING_ADDRESS",
-				     "Do not include the paragraph about writing to the Free Software Foundation's mailing address from the sample GPL notice. The FSF has changed addresses in the past, and may do so again. Linux already includes a copy of the GPL.\n" . $herevet)
+			my $msg_level = \&ERROR;
+			$msg_level = \&CHK if ($file);
+			&{$msg_level}("FSF_MAILING_ADDRESS",
+				      "Do not include the paragraph about writing to the Free Software Foundation's mailing address from the sample GPL notice. The FSF has changed addresses in the past, and may do so again. Linux already includes a copy of the GPL.\n" . $herevet)
 		}
 
 # check for Kconfig help text having a real description
 # Only applies when adding the entry originally, after that we do not have
 # sufficient context to determine whether it is indeed long enough.
 		if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ &&
-		    $line =~ /^\+\s*config\s+/) {
+		    # 'choice' is usually the last thing on the line (though
+		    # Kconfig supports named choices), so use a word boundary
+		    # (\b) rather than a whitespace character (\s)
+		    $line =~ /^\+\s*(?:config|menuconfig|choice)\b/) {
 			my $length = 0;
 			my $cnt = $realcnt;
 			my $ln = $linenr + 1;
@@ -2562,9 +2842,13 @@
 				next if ($f =~ /^-/);
 				last if (!$file && $f =~ /^\@\@/);
 
-				if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:bool|tristate)\s*\"/) {
+				if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:bool|tristate|prompt)\s*["']/) {
 					$is_start = 1;
-				} elsif ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:---)?help(?:---)?$/) {
+				} elsif ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+\s*(?:help|---help---)\s*$/) {
+					if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ "---help---") {
+						WARN("CONFIG_DESCRIPTION",
+						     "prefer 'help' over '---help---' for new help texts\n" . $herecurr);
+					}
 					$length = -1;
 				}
 
@@ -2572,7 +2856,13 @@
 				$f =~ s/#.*//;
 				$f =~ s/^\s+//;
 				next if ($f =~ /^$/);
-				if ($f =~ /^\s*config\s/) {
+
+				# This only checks context lines in the patch
+				# and so hopefully shouldn't trigger false
+				# positives, even though some of these are
+				# common words in help texts
+				if ($f =~ /^\s*(?:config|menuconfig|choice|endchoice|
+						  if|endif|menu|endmenu|source)\b/x) {
 					$is_end = 1;
 					last;
 				}
@@ -2585,11 +2875,15 @@
 			#print "is_start<$is_start> is_end<$is_end> length<$length>\n";
 		}
 
-# discourage the addition of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL in Kconfig.
-		if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ &&
-		    $line =~ /.\s*depends on\s+.*\bEXPERIMENTAL\b/) {
-			WARN("CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL",
-			     "Use of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is deprecated. For alternatives, see https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/23/580\n");
+# check for MAINTAINERS entries that don't have the right form
+		if ($realfile =~ /^MAINTAINERS$/ &&
+		    $rawline =~ /^\+[A-Z]:/ &&
+		    $rawline !~ /^\+[A-Z]:\t\S/) {
+			if (WARN("MAINTAINERS_STYLE",
+				 "MAINTAINERS entries use one tab after TYPE:\n" . $herecurr) &&
+			    $fix) {
+				$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/^(\+[A-Z]):\s*/$1:\t/;
+			}
 		}
 
 # discourage the use of boolean for type definition attributes of Kconfig options
@@ -2644,8 +2938,32 @@
 			}
 		}
 
+# check for using SPDX license tag at beginning of files
+		if ($realline == $checklicenseline) {
+			if ($rawline =~ /^[ \+]\s*\#\!\s*\//) {
+				$checklicenseline = 2;
+			} elsif ($rawline =~ /^\+/) {
+				my $comment = "";
+				if ($realfile =~ /\.(h|s|S)$/) {
+					$comment = '/*';
+				} elsif ($realfile =~ /\.(c|dts|dtsi)$/) {
+					$comment = '//';
+				} elsif (($checklicenseline == 2) || $realfile =~ /\.(sh|pl|py|awk|tc)$/) {
+					$comment = '#';
+				} elsif ($realfile =~ /\.rst$/) {
+					$comment = '..';
+				}
+
+				if ($comment !~ /^$/ &&
+				    $rawline !~ /^\+\Q$comment\E SPDX-License-Identifier: /) {
+					WARN("SPDX_LICENSE_TAG",
+					     "Missing or malformed SPDX-License-Identifier tag in line $checklicenseline\n" . $herecurr);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 # check we are in a valid source file if not then ignore this hunk
-		next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|s|S|pl|sh|dtsi|dts)$/);
+		next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|s|S|sh|dtsi|dts)$/);
 
 # line length limit (with some exclusions)
 #
@@ -2653,9 +2971,10 @@
 #	logging functions like pr_info that end in a string
 #	lines with a single string
 #	#defines that are a single string
+#	lines with an RFC3986 like URL
 #
 # There are 3 different line length message types:
-# LONG_LINE_COMMENT	a comment starts before but extends beyond $max_linelength
+# LONG_LINE_COMMENT	a comment starts before but extends beyond $max_line_length
 # LONG_LINE_STRING	a string starts before but extends beyond $max_line_length
 # LONG_LINE		all other lines longer than $max_line_length
 #
@@ -2679,6 +2998,15 @@
 				 $line =~ /^\+\s*#\s*define\s+\w+\s+$String$/) {
 				$msg_type = "";
 
+			# More special cases
+			} elsif ($line =~ /^\+.*\bEFI_GUID\s*\(/ ||
+				 $line =~ /^\+\s*(?:\w+)?\s*DEFINE_PER_CPU/) {
+				$msg_type = "";
+
+			# URL ($rawline is used in case the URL is in a comment)
+			} elsif ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\b[a-z][\w\.\+\-]*:\/\/\S+/i) {
+				$msg_type = "";
+
 			# Otherwise set the alternate message types
 
 			# a comment starts before $max_line_length
@@ -2705,20 +3033,6 @@
 			     "adding a line without newline at end of file\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
-# Blackfin: use hi/lo macros
-		if ($realfile =~ m@arch/blackfin/.*\.S$@) {
-			if ($line =~ /\.[lL][[:space:]]*=.*&[[:space:]]*0x[fF][fF][fF][fF]/) {
-				my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($line) . "\n";
-				ERROR("LO_MACRO",
-				      "use the LO() macro, not (... & 0xFFFF)\n" . $herevet);
-			}
-			if ($line =~ /\.[hH][[:space:]]*=.*>>[[:space:]]*16/) {
-				my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($line) . "\n";
-				ERROR("HI_MACRO",
-				      "use the HI() macro, not (... >> 16)\n" . $herevet);
-			}
-		}
-
 # check we are in a valid source file C or perl if not then ignore this hunk
 		next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|pl|dtsi|dts)$/);
 
@@ -2748,15 +3062,34 @@
 			}
 		}
 
+# check for assignments on the start of a line
+		if ($sline =~ /^\+\s+($Assignment)[^=]/) {
+			CHK("ASSIGNMENT_CONTINUATIONS",
+			    "Assignment operator '$1' should be on the previous line\n" . $hereprev);
+		}
+
 # check for && or || at the start of a line
 		if ($rawline =~ /^\+\s*(&&|\|\|)/) {
 			CHK("LOGICAL_CONTINUATIONS",
 			    "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*$|\}\s*(?:else\b|while\b|\s*$)|$Declare\s*$Ident\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*$/) {
+		    $prevline =~ /^\+([ \t]*)((?:$c90_Keywords(?:\s+if)\s*)|(?:$Declare\s*)?(?:$Ident|\(\s*\*\s*$Ident\s*\))\s*|(?:\*\s*)*$Lval\s*=\s*$Ident\s*)\(.*(\&\&|\|\||,)\s*$/) {
 			$prevline =~ /^\+(\t*)(.*)$/;
 			my $oldindent = $1;
 			my $rest = $2;
@@ -2830,6 +3163,30 @@
 			     "Block comments use a trailing */ on a separate line\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# Block comment * alignment
+		if ($prevline =~ /$;[ \t]*$/ &&			#ends in comment
+		    $line =~ /^\+[ \t]*$;/ &&			#leading comment
+		    $rawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\*/ &&		#leading *
+		    (($prevrawline =~ /^\+.*?\/\*/ &&		#leading /*
+		      $prevrawline !~ /\*\/[ \t]*$/) ||		#no trailing */
+		     $prevrawline =~ /^\+[ \t]*\*/)) {		#leading *
+			my $oldindent;
+			$prevrawline =~ m@^\+([ \t]*/?)\*@;
+			if (defined($1)) {
+				$oldindent = expand_tabs($1);
+			} else {
+				$prevrawline =~ m@^\+(.*/?)\*@;
+				$oldindent = expand_tabs($1);
+			}
+			$rawline =~ m@^\+([ \t]*)\*@;
+			my $newindent = $1;
+			$newindent = expand_tabs($newindent);
+			if (length($oldindent) ne length($newindent)) {
+				WARN("BLOCK_COMMENT_STYLE",
+				     "Block comments should align the * on each line\n" . $hereprev);
+			}
+		}
+
 # check for missing blank lines after struct/union declarations
 # with exceptions for various attributes and macros
 		if ($prevline =~ /^[\+ ]};?\s*$/ &&
@@ -2841,6 +3198,7 @@
 		      $line =~ /^\+[a-z_]*init/ ||
 		      $line =~ /^\+\s*(?:static\s+)?[A-Z_]*ATTR/ ||
 		      $line =~ /^\+\s*DECLARE/ ||
+		      $line =~ /^\+\s*builtin_[\w_]*driver/ ||
 		      $line =~ /^\+\s*__setup/)) {
 			if (CHK("LINE_SPACING",
 				"Please use a blank line after function/struct/union/enum declarations\n" . $hereprev) &&
@@ -2920,6 +3278,23 @@
 # check we are in a valid C source file if not then ignore this hunk
 		next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c)$/);
 
+# check for unusual line ending [ or (
+		if ($line =~ /^\+.*([\[\(])\s*$/) {
+			CHK("OPEN_ENDED_LINE",
+			    "Lines should not end with a '$1'\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
+# check if this appears to be the start function declaration, save the name
+		if ($sline =~ /^\+\{\s*$/ &&
+		    $prevline =~ /^\+(?:(?:(?:$Storage|$Inline)\s*)*\s*$Type\s*)?($Ident)\(/) {
+			$context_function = $1;
+		}
+
+# check if this appears to be the end of function declaration
+		if ($sline =~ /^\+\}\s*$/) {
+			undef $context_function;
+		}
+
 # 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...
@@ -2944,30 +3319,12 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-# discourage the addition of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL in #if(def).
-		if ($line =~ /^\+\s*\#\s*if.*\bCONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL\b/) {
-			WARN("CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL",
-			     "Use of CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL is deprecated. For alternatives, see https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/10/23/580\n");
-		}
-
 # check for RCS/CVS revision markers
 		if ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\$(Revision|Log|Id)(?:\$|)/) {
 			WARN("CVS_KEYWORD",
 			     "CVS style keyword markers, these will _not_ be updated\n". $herecurr);
 		}
 
-# Blackfin: don't use __builtin_bfin_[cs]sync
-		if ($line =~ /__builtin_bfin_csync/) {
-			my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($line) . "\n";
-			ERROR("CSYNC",
-			      "use the CSYNC() macro in asm/blackfin.h\n" . $herevet);
-		}
-		if ($line =~ /__builtin_bfin_ssync/) {
-			my $herevet = "$here\n" . cat_vet($line) . "\n";
-			ERROR("SSYNC",
-			      "use the SSYNC() macro in asm/blackfin.h\n" . $herevet);
-		}
-
 # check for old HOTPLUG __dev<foo> section markings
 		if ($line =~ /\b(__dev(init|exit)(data|const|))\b/) {
 			WARN("HOTPLUG_SECTION",
@@ -2978,7 +3335,7 @@
 		my ($stat, $cond, $line_nr_next, $remain_next, $off_next,
 		    $realline_next);
 #print "LINE<$line>\n";
-		if ($linenr >= $suppress_statement &&
+		if ($linenr > $suppress_statement &&
 		    $realcnt && $sline =~ /.\s*\S/) {
 			($stat, $cond, $line_nr_next, $remain_next, $off_next) =
 				ctx_statement_block($linenr, $realcnt, 0);
@@ -3125,7 +3482,7 @@
 		}
 
 # Check relative indent for conditionals and blocks.
-		if ($line =~ /\b(?:(?:if|while|for|(?:[a-z_]+|)for_each[a-z_]+)\s*\(|do\b)/ && $line !~ /^.\s*#/ && $line !~ /\}\s*while\s*/) {
+		if ($line =~ /\b(?:(?:if|while|for|(?:[a-z_]+|)for_each[a-z_]+)\s*\(|(?:do|else)\b)/ && $line !~ /^.\s*#/ && $line !~ /\}\s*while\s*/) {
 			($stat, $cond, $line_nr_next, $remain_next, $off_next) =
 				ctx_statement_block($linenr, $realcnt, 0)
 					if (!defined $stat);
@@ -3217,6 +3574,8 @@
 			if ($check && $s ne '' &&
 			    (($sindent % 8) != 0 ||
 			     ($sindent < $indent) ||
+			     ($sindent == $indent &&
+			      ($s !~ /^\s*(?:\}|\{|else\b)/)) ||
 			     ($sindent > $indent + 8))) {
 				WARN("SUSPECT_CODE_INDENT",
 				     "suspect code indent for conditional statements ($indent, $sindent)\n" . $herecurr . "$stat_real\n");
@@ -3239,6 +3598,42 @@
 #ignore lines not being added
 		next if ($line =~ /^[^\+]/);
 
+# check for dereferences that span multiple lines
+		if ($prevline =~ /^\+.*$Lval\s*(?:\.|->)\s*$/ &&
+		    $line =~ /^\+\s*(?!\#\s*(?!define\s+|if))\s*$Lval/) {
+			$prevline =~ /($Lval\s*(?:\.|->))\s*$/;
+			my $ref = $1;
+			$line =~ /^.\s*($Lval)/;
+			$ref .= $1;
+			$ref =~ s/\s//g;
+			WARN("MULTILINE_DEREFERENCE",
+			     "Avoid multiple line dereference - prefer '$ref'\n" . $hereprev);
+		}
+
+# check for declarations of signed or unsigned without int
+		while ($line =~ m{\b($Declare)\s*(?!char\b|short\b|int\b|long\b)\s*($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*$/) {
@@ -3274,7 +3669,7 @@
 				$fixedline =~ s/\s*=\s*$/ = {/;
 				fix_insert_line($fixlinenr, $fixedline);
 				$fixedline = $line;
-				$fixedline =~ s/^(.\s*){\s*/$1/;
+				$fixedline =~ s/^(.\s*)\{\s*/$1/;
 				fix_insert_line($fixlinenr, $fixedline);
 			}
 		}
@@ -3437,22 +3832,13 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-# check for uses of DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE
-		if ($line =~ /\bDEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*\)\s*=/) {
-			if (WARN("DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE",
-				 "Prefer struct pci_device_id over deprecated DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE\n" . $herecurr) &&
-			    $fix) {
-				$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\b(?:static\s+|)DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*\)\s*=\s*/static const struct pci_device_id $1\[\] = /;
-			}
-		}
-
 # check for new typedefs, only function parameters and sparse annotations
 # make sense.
 		if ($line =~ /\btypedef\s/ &&
 		    $line !~ /\btypedef\s+$Type\s*\(\s*\*?$Ident\s*\)\s*\(/ &&
 		    $line !~ /\btypedef\s+$Type\s+$Ident\s*\(/ &&
 		    $line !~ /\b$typeTypedefs\b/ &&
-		    $line !~ /\b__bitwise(?:__|)\b/) {
+		    $line !~ /\b__bitwise\b/) {
 			WARN("NEW_TYPEDEFS",
 			     "do not add new typedefs\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
@@ -3515,10 +3901,10 @@
 
 # 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);
+			my $msg_level = \&WARN;
+			$msg_level = \&CHK if ($file);
+			&{$msg_level}("AVOID_BUG",
+				      "Avoid crashing the kernel - try using WARN_ON & recovery code rather than BUG() or BUG_ON()\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
 # avoid LINUX_VERSION_CODE
@@ -3533,28 +3919,10 @@
 			     "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
-# same line do not need a level, so we use the current block context
-# to try and find and validate the current printk.  In summary the current
-# printk includes all preceding printk's which have no newline on the end.
-# we assume the first bad printk is the one to report.
-		if ($line =~ /\bprintk\((?!KERN_)\s*"/) {
-			my $ok = 0;
-			for (my $ln = $linenr - 1; $ln >= $first_line; $ln--) {
-				#print "CHECK<$lines[$ln - 1]\n";
-				# we have a preceding printk if it ends
-				# with "\n" ignore it, else it is to blame
-				if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ m{\bprintk\(}) {
-					if ($rawlines[$ln - 1] !~ m{\\n"}) {
-						$ok = 1;
-					}
-					last;
-				}
-			}
-			if ($ok == 0) {
-				WARN("PRINTK_WITHOUT_KERN_LEVEL",
-				     "printk() should include KERN_ facility level\n" . $herecurr);
-			}
+# printk should use KERN_* levels
+		if ($line =~ /\bprintk\s*\(\s*(?!KERN_[A-Z]+\b)/) {
+			WARN("PRINTK_WITHOUT_KERN_LEVEL",
+			     "printk() should include KERN_<LEVEL> facility level\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
 		if ($line =~ /\bprintk\s*\(\s*KERN_([A-Z]+)/) {
@@ -3595,10 +3963,12 @@
 
 # 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=~/}/)) {
+		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+		    $sline =~ /$Type\s*$Ident\s*$balanced_parens\s*\{/ &&
+		    $sline !~ /\#\s*define\b.*do\s*\{/ &&
+		    $sline !~ /}/) {
 			if (ERROR("OPEN_BRACE",
-				  "open brace '{' following function declarations go on the next line\n" . $herecurr) &&
+				  "open brace '{' following function definitions go on the next line\n" . $herecurr) &&
 			    $fix) {
 				fix_delete_line($fixlinenr, $rawline);
 				my $fixed_line = $rawline;
@@ -3624,7 +3994,7 @@
 				my $fixedline = rtrim($prevrawline) . " {";
 				fix_insert_line($fixlinenr, $fixedline);
 				$fixedline = $rawline;
-				$fixedline =~ s/^(.\s*){\s*/$1\t/;
+				$fixedline =~ s/^(.\s*)\{\s*/$1\t/;
 				if ($fixedline !~ /^\+\s*$/) {
 					fix_insert_line($fixlinenr, $fixedline);
 				}
@@ -3719,7 +4089,7 @@
 			my ($where, $prefix) = ($-[1], $1);
 			if ($prefix !~ /$Type\s+$/ &&
 			    ($where != 0 || $prefix !~ /^.\s+$/) &&
-			    $prefix !~ /[{,]\s+$/) {
+			    $prefix !~ /[{,:]\s+$/) {
 				if (ERROR("BRACKET_SPACE",
 					  "space prohibited before open square bracket '['\n" . $herecurr) &&
 				    $fix) {
@@ -4044,11 +4414,11 @@
 
 					# messages are ERROR, but ?: are CHK
 					if ($ok == 0) {
-						my $msg_type = \&ERROR;
-						$msg_type = \&CHK if (($op eq '?:' || $op eq '?' || $op eq ':') && $ctx =~ /VxV/);
+						my $msg_level = \&ERROR;
+						$msg_level = \&CHK if (($op eq '?:' || $op eq '?' || $op eq ':') && $ctx =~ /VxV/);
 
-						if (&{$msg_type}("SPACING",
-								 "spaces required around that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr)) {
+						if (&{$msg_level}("SPACING",
+								  "spaces required around that '$op' $at\n" . $hereptr)) {
 							$good = rtrim($fix_elements[$n]) . " " . trim($fix_elements[$n + 1]) . " ";
 							if (defined $fix_elements[$n + 2]) {
 								$fix_elements[$n + 2] =~ s/^\s+//;
@@ -4108,12 +4478,12 @@
 ## 		}
 
 #need space before brace following if, while, etc
-		if (($line =~ /\(.*\)\{/ && $line !~ /\($Type\){/) ||
+		if (($line =~ /\(.*\)\{/ && $line !~ /\($Type\)\{/) ||
 		    $line =~ /do\{/) {
 			if (ERROR("SPACING",
 				  "space required before the open brace '{'\n" . $herecurr) &&
 			    $fix) {
-				$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/^(\+.*(?:do|\))){/$1 {/;
+				$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/^(\+.*(?:do|\)))\{/$1 {/;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -4201,6 +4571,32 @@
 			}
 		}
 
+# check for unnecessary parentheses around comparisons in if uses
+# when !drivers/staging or command-line uses --strict
+		if (($realfile !~ m@^(?:drivers/staging/)@ || $check_orig) &&
+		    $^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 && defined($stat) &&
+		    $stat =~ /(^.\s*if\s*($balanced_parens))/) {
+			my $if_stat = $1;
+			my $test = substr($2, 1, -1);
+			my $herectx;
+			while ($test =~ /(?:^|[^\w\&\!\~])+\s*\(\s*([\&\!\~]?\s*$Lval\s*(?:$Compare\s*$FuncArg)?)\s*\)/g) {
+				my $match = $1;
+				# avoid parentheses around potential macro args
+				next if ($match =~ /^\s*\w+\s*$/);
+				if (!defined($herectx)) {
+					$herectx = $here . "\n";
+					my $cnt = statement_rawlines($if_stat);
+					for (my $n = 0; $n < $cnt; $n++) {
+						my $rl = raw_line($linenr, $n);
+						$herectx .=  $rl . "\n";
+						last if $rl =~ /^[ \+].*\{/;
+					}
+				}
+				CHK("UNNECESSARY_PARENTHESES",
+				    "Unnecessary parentheses around '$match'\n" . $herectx);
+			}
+		}
+
 #goto labels aren't indented, allow a single space however
 		if ($line=~/^.\s+[A-Za-z\d_]+:(?![0-9]+)/ and
 		   !($line=~/^. [A-Za-z\d_]+:/) and !($line=~/^.\s+default:/)) {
@@ -4266,7 +4662,7 @@
 			my $comp = $3;
 			my $to = $4;
 			my $newcomp = $comp;
-			if ($lead !~ /$Operators\s*$/ &&
+			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) &&
@@ -4541,7 +4937,17 @@
 			$has_flow_statement = 1 if ($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*//;
+			$dstat =~ s/^.\s*\#\s*define\s+$Ident(\([^\)]*\))?\s*//;
+			my $define_args = $1;
+			my $define_stmt = $dstat;
+			my @def_args = ();
+
+			if (defined $define_args && $define_args ne "") {
+				$define_args = substr($define_args, 1, length($define_args) - 2);
+				$define_args =~ s/\s*//g;
+				@def_args = split(",", $define_args);
+			}
+
 			$dstat =~ s/$;//g;
 			$dstat =~ s/\\\n.//g;
 			$dstat =~ s/^\s*//s;
@@ -4560,6 +4966,9 @@
 			{
 			}
 
+			# 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|
@@ -4574,6 +4983,11 @@
 				^\[
 			}x;
 			#print "REST<$rest> dstat<$dstat> ctx<$ctx>\n";
+
+			$ctx =~ s/\n*$//;
+			my $stmt_cnt = statement_rawlines($ctx);
+			my $herectx = get_stat_here($linenr, $stmt_cnt, $here);
+
 			if ($dstat ne '' &&
 			    $dstat !~ /^(?:$Ident|-?$Constant),$/ &&			# 10, // foo(),
 			    $dstat !~ /^(?:$Ident|-?$Constant);$/ &&			# foo();
@@ -4589,32 +5003,64 @@
 			    $dstat !~ /^\(\{/ &&						# ({...
 			    $ctx !~ /^.\s*#\s*define\s+TRACE_(?:SYSTEM|INCLUDE_FILE|INCLUDE_PATH)\b/)
 			{
-				$ctx =~ s/\n*$//;
-				my $herectx = $here . "\n";
-				my $cnt = statement_rawlines($ctx);
-
-				for (my $n = 0; $n < $cnt; $n++) {
-					$herectx .= raw_line($linenr, $n) . "\n";
-				}
-
-				if ($dstat =~ /;/) {
+				if ($dstat =~ /^\s*if\b/) {
+					ERROR("MULTISTATEMENT_MACRO_USE_DO_WHILE",
+					      "Macros starting with if should be enclosed by a do - while loop to avoid possible if/else logic defects\n" . "$herectx");
+				} elsif ($dstat =~ /;/) {
 					ERROR("MULTISTATEMENT_MACRO_USE_DO_WHILE",
 					      "Macros with multiple statements should be enclosed in a do - while loop\n" . "$herectx");
 				} else {
 					ERROR("COMPLEX_MACRO",
 					      "Macros with complex values should be enclosed in parentheses\n" . "$herectx");
 				}
+
+			}
+
+			# Make $define_stmt single line, comment-free, etc
+			my @stmt_array = split('\n', $define_stmt);
+			my $first = 1;
+			$define_stmt = "";
+			foreach my $l (@stmt_array) {
+				$l =~ s/\\$//;
+				if ($first) {
+					$define_stmt = $l;
+					$first = 0;
+				} elsif ($l =~ /^[\+ ]/) {
+					$define_stmt .= substr($l, 1);
+				}
+			}
+			$define_stmt =~ s/$;//g;
+			$define_stmt =~ s/\s+/ /g;
+			$define_stmt = trim($define_stmt);
+
+# check if any macro arguments are reused (ignore '...' and 'type')
+			foreach my $arg (@def_args) {
+			        next if ($arg =~ /\.\.\./);
+			        next if ($arg =~ /^type$/i);
+				my $tmp_stmt = $define_stmt;
+				$tmp_stmt =~ s/\b(typeof|__typeof__|__builtin\w+|typecheck\s*\(\s*$Type\s*,|\#+)\s*\(*\s*$arg\s*\)*\b//g;
+				$tmp_stmt =~ s/\#+\s*$arg\b//g;
+				$tmp_stmt =~ s/\b$arg\s*\#\#//g;
+				my $use_cnt = () = $tmp_stmt =~ /\b$arg\b/g;
+				if ($use_cnt > 1) {
+					CHK("MACRO_ARG_REUSE",
+					    "Macro argument reuse '$arg' - possible side-effects?\n" . "$herectx");
+				    }
+# check if any macro arguments may have other precedence issues
+				if ($tmp_stmt =~ m/($Operators)?\s*\b$arg\b\s*($Operators)?/m &&
+				    ((defined($1) && $1 ne ',') ||
+				     (defined($2) && $2 ne ','))) {
+					CHK("MACRO_ARG_PRECEDENCE",
+					    "Macro argument '$arg' may be better as '($arg)' to avoid precedence issues\n" . "$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);
+				my $herectx = get_stat_here($linenr, $cnt, $here);
 
-				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");
 			}
@@ -4654,11 +5100,7 @@
 
 				$ctx =~ s/\n*$//;
 				my $cnt = statement_rawlines($ctx);
-				my $herectx = $here . "\n";
-
-				for (my $n = 0; $n < $cnt; $n++) {
-					$herectx .= raw_line($linenr, $n) . "\n";
-				}
+				my $herectx = get_stat_here($linenr, $cnt, $here);
 
 				if (($stmts =~ tr/;/;/) == 1 &&
 				    $stmts !~ /^\s*(if|while|for|switch)\b/) {
@@ -4672,11 +5114,7 @@
 			} elsif ($dstat =~ /^\+\s*#\s*define\s+$Ident.*;\s*$/) {
 				$ctx =~ s/\n*$//;
 				my $cnt = statement_rawlines($ctx);
-				my $herectx = $here . "\n";
-
-				for (my $n = 0; $n < $cnt; $n++) {
-					$herectx .= raw_line($linenr, $n) . "\n";
-				}
+				my $herectx = get_stat_here($linenr, $cnt, $here);
 
 				WARN("TRAILING_SEMICOLON",
 				     "macros should not use a trailing semicolon\n" . "$herectx");
@@ -4799,18 +5237,20 @@
 				}
 			}
 			if ($level == 0 && $block =~ /^\s*\{/ && !$allowed) {
-				my $herectx = $here . "\n";
 				my $cnt = statement_rawlines($block);
-
-				for (my $n = 0; $n < $cnt; $n++) {
-					$herectx .= raw_line($linenr, $n) . "\n";
-				}
+				my $herectx = get_stat_here($linenr, $cnt, $here);
 
 				WARN("BRACES",
 				     "braces {} are not necessary for single statement blocks\n" . $herectx);
 			}
 		}
 
+# check for single line unbalanced braces
+		if ($sline =~ /^.\s*\}\s*else\s*$/ ||
+		    $sline =~ /^.\s*else\s*\{\s*$/) {
+			CHK("BRACES", "Unbalanced braces around else statement\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # check for unnecessary blank lines around braces
 		if (($line =~ /^.\s*}\s*$/ && $prevrawline =~ /^.\s*$/)) {
 			if (CHK("BRACES",
@@ -4831,7 +5271,7 @@
 		my $asm_volatile = qr{\b(__asm__|asm)\s+(__volatile__|volatile)\b};
 		if ($line =~ /\bvolatile\b/ && $line !~ /$asm_volatile/) {
 			WARN("VOLATILE",
-			     "Use of volatile is usually wrong: see Documentation/volatile-considered-harmful.txt\n" . $herecurr);
+			     "Use of volatile is usually wrong: see Documentation/process/volatile-considered-harmful.rst\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
 # Check for user-visible strings broken across lines, which breaks the ability
@@ -4873,6 +5313,18 @@
 			     "break quoted strings at a space character\n" . $hereprev);
 		}
 
+# check for an embedded function name in a string when the function is known
+# This does not work very well for -f --file checking as it depends on patch
+# context providing the function name or a single line form for in-file
+# function declarations
+		if ($line =~ /^\+.*$String/ &&
+		    defined($context_function) &&
+		    get_quoted_string($line, $rawline) =~ /\b$context_function\b/ &&
+		    length(get_quoted_string($line, $rawline)) != (length($context_function) + 2)) {
+			WARN("EMBEDDED_FUNCTION_NAME",
+			     "Prefer using '\"%s...\", __func__' to using '$context_function', this function's name, in a string\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # check for spaces before a quoted newline
 		if ($rawline =~ /^.*\".*\s\\n/) {
 			if (WARN("QUOTED_WHITESPACE_BEFORE_NEWLINE",
@@ -4895,24 +5347,33 @@
 			     "Consecutive strings are generally better as a single string\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
-# check for %L{u,d,i} and 0x%[udi] in strings
-		my $string;
+# check for non-standard and hex prefixed decimal printf formats
+		my $show_L = 1;	#don't show the same defect twice
+		my $show_Z = 1;
 		while ($line =~ /(?:^|")([X\t]*)(?:"|$)/g) {
-			$string = substr($rawline, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1]);
+			my $string = substr($rawline, $-[1], $+[1] - $-[1]);
 			$string =~ s/%%/__/g;
-			if ($string =~ /(?<!%)%[\*\d\.\$]*L[udi]/) {
+			# check for %L
+			if ($show_L && $string =~ /%[\*\d\.\$]*L([diouxX])/) {
 				WARN("PRINTF_L",
-				     "\%Ld/%Lu are not-standard C, use %lld/%llu\n" . $herecurr);
-				last;
+				     "\%L$1 is non-standard C, use %ll$1\n" . $herecurr);
+				$show_L = 0;
 			}
-			if ($string =~ /0x%[\*\d\.\$\Llzth]*[udi]/) {
-				ERROR("PRINTF_0xDECIMAL",
+			# check for %Z
+			if ($show_Z && $string =~ /%[\*\d\.\$]*Z([diouxX])/) {
+				WARN("PRINTF_Z",
+				     "%Z$1 is non-standard C, use %z$1\n" . $herecurr);
+				$show_Z = 0;
+			}
+			# check for 0x<decimal>
+			if ($string =~ /0x%[\*\d\.\$\Llzth]*[diou]/) {
+				ERROR("PRINTF_0XDECIMAL",
 				      "Prefixing 0x with decimal output is defective\n" . $herecurr);
 			}
 		}
 
 # check for line continuations in quoted strings with odd counts of "
-		if ($rawline =~ /\\$/ && $rawline =~ tr/"/"/ % 2) {
+		if ($rawline =~ /\\$/ && $sline =~ tr/"/"/ % 2) {
 			WARN("LINE_CONTINUATIONS",
 			     "Avoid line continuations in quoted strings\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
@@ -4968,7 +5429,7 @@
 			my ($s, $c) = ctx_statement_block($linenr - 3, $realcnt, 0);
 #			print("line: <$line>\nprevline: <$prevline>\ns: <$s>\nc: <$c>\n\n\n");
 
-			if ($c =~ /(?:^|\n)[ \+]\s*(?:$Type\s*)?\Q$testval\E\s*=\s*(?:\([^\)]*\)\s*)?\s*(?:devm_)?(?:[kv][czm]alloc(?:_node|_array)?\b|kstrdup|(?:dev_)?alloc_skb)/) {
+			if ($s =~ /(?:^|\n)[ \+]\s*(?:$Type\s*)?\Q$testval\E\s*=\s*(?:\([^\)]*\)\s*)?\s*(?:devm_)?(?:[kv][czm]alloc(?:_node|_array)?\b|kstrdup|kmemdup|(?:dev_)?alloc_skb)/) {
 				WARN("OOM_MESSAGE",
 				     "Possible unnecessary 'out of memory' message\n" . $hereprev);
 			}
@@ -4985,6 +5446,12 @@
 			}
 		}
 
+# check for logging continuations
+		if ($line =~ /\bprintk\s*\(\s*KERN_CONT\b|\bpr_cont\s*\(/) {
+			WARN("LOGGING_CONTINUATION",
+			     "Avoid logging continuation uses where feasible\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # check for mask then right shift without a parentheses
 		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
 		    $line =~ /$LvalOrFunc\s*\&\s*($LvalOrFunc)\s*>>/ &&
@@ -5185,21 +5652,10 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-# 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" . $herecurr);
-
+# check for smp_read_barrier_depends and read_barrier_depends
+		if (!$file && $line =~ /\b(smp_|)read_barrier_depends\s*\(/) {
+			WARN("READ_BARRIER_DEPENDS",
+			     "$1read_barrier_depends should only be used in READ_ONCE or DEC Alpha code\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
 # check of hardware specific defines
@@ -5208,10 +5664,18 @@
 			    "architecture specific defines should be avoided\n" .  $herecurr);
 		}
 
-# Check that the storage class is at the beginning of a declaration
-		if ($line =~ /\b$Storage\b/ && $line !~ /^.\s*$Storage\b/) {
+# check that the storage class is not after a type
+		if ($line =~ /\b($Type)\s+($Storage)\b/) {
 			WARN("STORAGE_CLASS",
-			     "storage class should be at the beginning of the declaration\n" . $herecurr)
+			     "storage class '$2' should be located before type '$1'\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+# Check that the storage class is at the beginning of a declaration
+		if ($line =~ /\b$Storage\b/ &&
+		    $line !~ /^.\s*$Storage/ &&
+		    $line =~ /^.\s*(.+?)\$Storage\s/ &&
+		    $1 !~ /[\,\)]\s*$/) {
+			WARN("STORAGE_CLASS",
+			     "storage class should be at the beginning of the declaration\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
 # check the location of the inline attribute, that it is between
@@ -5277,8 +5741,9 @@
 			      "Using weak declarations can have unintended link defects\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
-# check for c99 types like uint8_t used outside of uapi/
+# check for c99 types like uint8_t used outside of uapi/ and tools/
 		if ($realfile !~ m@\binclude/uapi/@ &&
+		    $realfile !~ m@\btools/@ &&
 		    $line =~ /\b($Declare)\s*$Ident\s*[=;,\[]/) {
 			my $type = $1;
 			if ($type =~ /\b($typeC99Typedefs)\b/) {
@@ -5349,6 +5814,53 @@
 			}
 		}
 
+# check for vsprintf extension %p<foo> misuses
+		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+		    defined $stat &&
+		    $stat =~ /^\+(?![^\{]*\{\s*).*\b(\w+)\s*\(.*$String\s*,/s &&
+		    $1 !~ /^_*volatile_*$/) {
+			my $specifier;
+			my $extension;
+			my $bad_specifier = "";
+			my $stat_real;
+
+			my $lc = $stat =~ tr@\n@@;
+			$lc = $lc + $linenr;
+		        for (my $count = $linenr; $count <= $lc; $count++) {
+				my $fmt = get_quoted_string($lines[$count - 1], raw_line($count, 0));
+				$fmt =~ s/%%//g;
+
+				while ($fmt =~ /(\%[\*\d\.]*p(\w))/g) {
+					$specifier = $1;
+					$extension = $2;
+					if ($extension !~ /[SsBKRraEhMmIiUDdgVCbGNOx]/) {
+						$bad_specifier = $specifier;
+						last;
+					}
+					if ($extension eq "x" && !defined($stat_real)) {
+						if (!defined($stat_real)) {
+							$stat_real = get_stat_real($linenr, $lc);
+						}
+						WARN("VSPRINTF_SPECIFIER_PX",
+						     "Using vsprintf specifier '\%px' potentially exposes the kernel memory layout, if you don't really need the address please consider using '\%p'.\n" . "$here\n$stat_real\n");
+					}
+				}
+				if ($bad_specifier ne "") {
+					my $stat_real = get_stat_real($linenr, $lc);
+					my $ext_type = "Invalid";
+					my $use = "";
+					if ($bad_specifier =~ /p[Ff]/) {
+						$ext_type = "Deprecated";
+						$use = " - use %pS instead";
+						$use =~ s/pS/ps/ if ($bad_specifier =~ /pf/);
+					}
+
+					WARN("VSPRINTF_POINTER_EXTENSION",
+					     "$ext_type vsprintf pointer extension '$bad_specifier'$use\n" . "$here\n$stat_real\n");
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 # Check for misused memsets
 		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
 		    defined $stat &&
@@ -5368,46 +5880,46 @@
 		}
 
 # Check for memcpy(foo, bar, ETH_ALEN) that could be ether_addr_copy(foo, bar)
-		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
-		    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" . "$here\n$stat\n") &&
-			    $fix) {
-				$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bmemcpy\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*$FuncArg\s*\,\s*ETH_ALEN\s*\)/ether_addr_copy($2, $7)/;
-			}
-		}
+#		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+#		    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" . "$here\n$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")
-		}
+#		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($2)/;
-				}
-			}
-		}
+#		if ($^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 &&
@@ -5458,10 +5970,7 @@
 		     $stat !~ /(?:$Compare)\s*\bsscanf\s*$balanced_parens/)) {
 			my $lc = $stat =~ tr@\n@@;
 			$lc = $lc + $linenr;
-			my $stat_real = raw_line($linenr, 0);
-		        for (my $count = $linenr + 1; $count <= $lc; $count++) {
-				$stat_real = $stat_real . "\n" . raw_line($count, 0);
-			}
+			my $stat_real = get_stat_real($linenr, $lc);
 			WARN("NAKED_SSCANF",
 			     "unchecked sscanf return value\n" . "$here\n$stat_real\n");
 		}
@@ -5472,10 +5981,7 @@
 		    $line =~ /\bsscanf\b/) {
 			my $lc = $stat =~ tr@\n@@;
 			$lc = $lc + $linenr;
-			my $stat_real = raw_line($linenr, 0);
-		        for (my $count = $linenr + 1; $count <= $lc; $count++) {
-				$stat_real = $stat_real . "\n" . raw_line($count, 0);
-			}
+			my $stat_real = get_stat_real($linenr, $lc);
 			if ($stat_real =~ /\bsscanf\b\s*\(\s*$FuncArg\s*,\s*("[^"]+")/) {
 				my $format = $6;
 				my $count = $format =~ tr@%@%@;
@@ -5527,13 +6033,50 @@
 			     "externs should be avoided in .c files\n" .  $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# check for function declarations that have arguments without identifier names
+		if (defined $stat &&
+		    $stat =~ /^.\s*(?:extern\s+)?$Type\s*(?:$Ident|\(\s*\*\s*$Ident\s*\))\s*\(\s*([^{]+)\s*\)\s*;/s &&
+		    $1 ne "void") {
+			my $args = trim($1);
+			while ($args =~ m/\s*($Type\s*(?:$Ident|\(\s*\*\s*$Ident?\s*\)\s*$balanced_parens)?)/g) {
+				my $arg = trim($1);
+				if ($arg =~ /^$Type$/ && $arg !~ /enum\s+$Ident$/) {
+					WARN("FUNCTION_ARGUMENTS",
+					     "function definition argument '$arg' should also have an identifier name\n" . $herecurr);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
+# check for function definitions
+		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+		    defined $stat &&
+		    $stat =~ /^.\s*(?:$Storage\s+)?$Type\s*($Ident)\s*$balanced_parens\s*{/s) {
+			$context_function = $1;
+
+# check for multiline function definition with misplaced open brace
+			my $ok = 0;
+			my $cnt = statement_rawlines($stat);
+			my $herectx = $here . "\n";
+			for (my $n = 0; $n < $cnt; $n++) {
+				my $rl = raw_line($linenr, $n);
+				$herectx .=  $rl . "\n";
+				$ok = 1 if ($rl =~ /^[ \+]\{/);
+				$ok = 1 if ($rl =~ /\{/ && $n == 0);
+				last if $rl =~ /^[ \+].*\{/;
+			}
+			if (!$ok) {
+				ERROR("OPEN_BRACE",
+				      "open brace '{' following function definitions go on the next line\n" . $herectx);
+			}
+		}
+
 # checks for new __setup's
 		if ($rawline =~ /\b__setup\("([^"]*)"/) {
 			my $name = $1;
 
 			if (!grep(/$name/, @setup_docs)) {
 				CHK("UNDOCUMENTED_SETUP",
-				    "__setup appears un-documented -- check Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt\n" . $herecurr);
+				    "__setup appears un-documented -- check Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.rst\n" . $herecurr);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -5553,7 +6096,8 @@
 
 # check for k[mz]alloc with multiplies that could be kmalloc_array/kcalloc
 		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
-		    $line =~ /\b($Lval)\s*\=\s*(?:$balanced_parens)?\s*(k[mz]alloc)\s*\(\s*($FuncArg)\s*\*\s*($FuncArg)\s*,/) {
+		    defined $stat &&
+		    $stat =~ /^\+\s*($Lval)\s*\=\s*(?:$balanced_parens)?\s*(k[mz]alloc)\s*\(\s*($FuncArg)\s*\*\s*($FuncArg)\s*,/) {
 			my $oldfunc = $3;
 			my $a1 = $4;
 			my $a2 = $10;
@@ -5567,11 +6111,14 @@
 			}
 			if ($r1 !~ /^sizeof\b/ && $r2 =~ /^sizeof\s*\S/ &&
 			    !($r1 =~ /^$Constant$/ || $r1 =~ /^[A-Z_][A-Z0-9_]*$/)) {
+				my $cnt = statement_rawlines($stat);
+				my $herectx = get_stat_here($linenr, $cnt, $here);
+
 				if (WARN("ALLOC_WITH_MULTIPLY",
-					 "Prefer $newfunc over $oldfunc with multiply\n" . $herecurr) &&
+					 "Prefer $newfunc over $oldfunc with multiply\n" . $herectx) &&
+				    $cnt == 1 &&
 				    $fix) {
 					$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\b($Lval)\s*\=\s*(?:$balanced_parens)?\s*(k[mz]alloc)\s*\(\s*($FuncArg)\s*\*\s*($FuncArg)/$1 . ' = ' . "$newfunc(" . trim($r1) . ', ' . trim($r2)/e;
-
 				}
 			}
 		}
@@ -5598,8 +6145,9 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-# check for #defines like: 1 << <digit> that could be BIT(digit)
-		if ($line =~ /#\s*define\s+\w+\s+\(?\s*1\s*([ulUL]*)\s*\<\<\s*(?:\d+|$Ident)\s*\)?/) {
+# check for #defines like: 1 << <digit> that could be BIT(digit), it is not exported to uapi
+		if ($realfile !~ m@^include/uapi/@ &&
+		    $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",
@@ -5609,6 +6157,16 @@
 			}
 		}
 
+# 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 $has_break = 0;
@@ -5626,11 +6184,11 @@
 				next if ($fline =~ /^.[\s$;]*$/);
 				$has_statement = 1;
 				$count++;
-				$has_break = 1 if ($fline =~ /\bswitch\b|\b(?:break\s*;[\s$;]*$|return\b|goto\b|continue\b)/);
+				$has_break = 1 if ($fline =~ /\bswitch\b|\b(?:break\s*;[\s$;]*$|exit\s*\(\b|return\b|goto\b|continue\b)/);
 			}
 			if (!$has_break && $has_statement) {
 				WARN("MISSING_BREAK",
-				     "Possible switch case/default not preceeded by break or fallthrough comment\n" . $herecurr);
+				     "Possible switch case/default not preceded by break or fallthrough comment\n" . $herecurr);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -5638,12 +6196,9 @@
 		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
 		    defined $stat &&
 		    $stat =~ /^\+[$;\s]*(?:case[$;\s]+\w+[$;\s]*:[$;\s]*|)*[$;\s]*\bdefault[$;\s]*:[$;\s]*;/g) {
-			my $ctx = '';
-			my $herectx = $here . "\n";
 			my $cnt = statement_rawlines($stat);
-			for (my $n = 0; $n < $cnt; $n++) {
-				$herectx .= raw_line($linenr, $n) . "\n";
-			}
+			my $herectx = get_stat_here($linenr, $cnt, $here);
+
 			WARN("DEFAULT_NO_BREAK",
 			     "switch default: should use break\n" . $herectx);
 		}
@@ -5696,6 +6251,12 @@
 			}
 		}
 
+# check for bool bitfields
+		if ($sline =~ /^.\s+bool\s*$Ident\s*:\s*\d+\s*;/) {
+			WARN("BOOL_BITFIELD",
+			     "Avoid using bool as bitfield.  Prefer bool bitfields as unsigned int or u<8|16|32>\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # check for semaphores initialized locked
 		if ($line =~ /^.\s*sema_init.+,\W?0\W?\)/) {
 			WARN("CONSIDER_COMPLETION",
@@ -5715,51 +6276,11 @@
 		}
 
 # check for various structs that are normally const (ops, kgdb, device_tree)
-		my $const_structs = qr{
-				acpi_dock_ops|
-				address_space_operations|
-				backlight_ops|
-				block_device_operations|
-				dentry_operations|
-				dev_pm_ops|
-				dma_map_ops|
-				extent_io_ops|
-				file_lock_operations|
-				file_operations|
-				hv_ops|
-				ide_dma_ops|
-				intel_dvo_dev_ops|
-				item_operations|
-				iwl_ops|
-				kgdb_arch|
-				kgdb_io|
-				kset_uevent_ops|
-				lock_manager_operations|
-				microcode_ops|
-				mtrr_ops|
-				neigh_ops|
-				nlmsvc_binding|
-				of_device_id|
-				pci_raw_ops|
-				pipe_buf_operations|
-				platform_hibernation_ops|
-				platform_suspend_ops|
-				proto_ops|
-				rpc_pipe_ops|
-				seq_operations|
-				snd_ac97_build_ops|
-				soc_pcmcia_socket_ops|
-				stacktrace_ops|
-				sysfs_ops|
-				tty_operations|
-				uart_ops|
-				usb_mon_operations|
-				wd_ops}x;
+# and avoid what seem like struct definitions 'struct foo {'
 		if ($line !~ /\bconst\b/ &&
-		    $line =~ /\bstruct\s+($const_structs)\b/) {
+		    $line =~ /\bstruct\s+($const_structs)\b(?!\s*\{)/) {
 			WARN("CONST_STRUCT",
-			     "struct $1 should normally be const\n" .
-				$herecurr);
+			     "struct $1 should normally be const\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
 # use of NR_CPUS is usually wrong
@@ -5799,6 +6320,12 @@
 			}
 		}
 
+# check for mutex_trylock_recursive usage
+		if ($line =~ /mutex_trylock_recursive/) {
+			ERROR("LOCKING",
+			      "recursive locking is bad, do not use this ever.\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # check for lockdep_set_novalidate_class
 		if ($line =~ /^.\s*lockdep_set_novalidate_class\s*\(/ ||
 		    $line =~ /__lockdep_no_validate__\s*\)/ ) {
@@ -5816,37 +6343,114 @@
 			     "Exporting world writable files is usually an error. Consider more restrictive permissions.\n" . $herecurr);
 		}
 
+# check for DEVICE_ATTR uses that could be DEVICE_ATTR_<FOO>
+# and whether or not function naming is typical and if
+# DEVICE_ATTR permissions uses are unusual too
+		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+		    defined $stat &&
+		    $stat =~ /\bDEVICE_ATTR\s*\(\s*(\w+)\s*,\s*\(?\s*(\s*(?:${multi_mode_perms_string_search}|0[0-7]{3,3})\s*)\s*\)?\s*,\s*(\w+)\s*,\s*(\w+)\s*\)/) {
+			my $var = $1;
+			my $perms = $2;
+			my $show = $3;
+			my $store = $4;
+			my $octal_perms = perms_to_octal($perms);
+			if ($show =~ /^${var}_show$/ &&
+			    $store =~ /^${var}_store$/ &&
+			    $octal_perms eq "0644") {
+				if (WARN("DEVICE_ATTR_RW",
+					 "Use DEVICE_ATTR_RW\n" . $herecurr) &&
+				    $fix) {
+					$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bDEVICE_ATTR\s*\(\s*$var\s*,\s*\Q$perms\E\s*,\s*$show\s*,\s*$store\s*\)/DEVICE_ATTR_RW(${var})/;
+				}
+			} elsif ($show =~ /^${var}_show$/ &&
+				 $store =~ /^NULL$/ &&
+				 $octal_perms eq "0444") {
+				if (WARN("DEVICE_ATTR_RO",
+					 "Use DEVICE_ATTR_RO\n" . $herecurr) &&
+				    $fix) {
+					$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bDEVICE_ATTR\s*\(\s*$var\s*,\s*\Q$perms\E\s*,\s*$show\s*,\s*NULL\s*\)/DEVICE_ATTR_RO(${var})/;
+				}
+			} elsif ($show =~ /^NULL$/ &&
+				 $store =~ /^${var}_store$/ &&
+				 $octal_perms eq "0200") {
+				if (WARN("DEVICE_ATTR_WO",
+					 "Use DEVICE_ATTR_WO\n" . $herecurr) &&
+				    $fix) {
+					$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\bDEVICE_ATTR\s*\(\s*$var\s*,\s*\Q$perms\E\s*,\s*NULL\s*,\s*$store\s*\)/DEVICE_ATTR_WO(${var})/;
+				}
+			} elsif ($octal_perms eq "0644" ||
+				 $octal_perms eq "0444" ||
+				 $octal_perms eq "0200") {
+				my $newshow = "$show";
+				$newshow = "${var}_show" if ($show ne "NULL" && $show ne "${var}_show");
+				my $newstore = $store;
+				$newstore = "${var}_store" if ($store ne "NULL" && $store ne "${var}_store");
+				my $rename = "";
+				if ($show ne $newshow) {
+					$rename .= " '$show' to '$newshow'";
+				}
+				if ($store ne $newstore) {
+					$rename .= " '$store' to '$newstore'";
+				}
+				WARN("DEVICE_ATTR_FUNCTIONS",
+				     "Consider renaming function(s)$rename\n" . $herecurr);
+			} else {
+				WARN("DEVICE_ATTR_PERMS",
+				     "DEVICE_ATTR unusual permissions '$perms' used\n" . $herecurr);
+			}
+		}
+
 # Mode permission misuses where it seems decimal should be octal
 # This uses a shortcut match to avoid unnecessary uses of a slow foreach loop
+# o Ignore module_param*(...) uses with a decimal 0 permission as that has a
+#   specific definition of not visible in sysfs.
+# o Ignore proc_create*(...) uses with a decimal 0 permission as that means
+#   use the default permissions
 		if ($^V && $^V ge 5.10.0 &&
+		    defined $stat &&
 		    $line =~ /$mode_perms_search/) {
 			foreach my $entry (@mode_permission_funcs) {
 				my $func = $entry->[0];
 				my $arg_pos = $entry->[1];
 
+				my $lc = $stat =~ tr@\n@@;
+				$lc = $lc + $linenr;
+				my $stat_real = get_stat_real($linenr, $lc);
+
 				my $skip_args = "";
 				if ($arg_pos > 1) {
 					$arg_pos--;
 					$skip_args = "(?:\\s*$FuncArg\\s*,\\s*){$arg_pos,$arg_pos}";
 				}
-				my $test = "\\b$func\\s*\\(${skip_args}([\\d]+)\\s*[,\\)]";
-				if ($line =~ /$test/) {
+				my $test = "\\b$func\\s*\\(${skip_args}($FuncArg(?:\\|\\s*$FuncArg)*)\\s*[,\\)]";
+				if ($stat =~ /$test/) {
 					my $val = $1;
 					$val = $6 if ($skip_args ne "");
-
-					if ($val !~ /^0$/ &&
+					if (!($func =~ /^(?:module_param|proc_create)/ && $val eq "0") &&
 					    (($val =~ /^$Int$/ && $val !~ /^$Octal$/) ||
-					     length($val) ne 4)) {
+					     ($val =~ /^$Octal$/ && length($val) ne 4))) {
 						ERROR("NON_OCTAL_PERMISSIONS",
-						      "Use 4 digit octal (0777) not decimal permissions\n" . $herecurr);
-					} elsif ($val =~ /^$Octal$/ && (oct($val) & 02)) {
+						      "Use 4 digit octal (0777) not decimal permissions\n" . "$here\n" . $stat_real);
+					}
+					if ($val =~ /^$Octal$/ && (oct($val) & 02)) {
 						ERROR("EXPORTED_WORLD_WRITABLE",
-						      "Exporting writable files is usually an error. Consider more restrictive permissions.\n" . $herecurr);
+						      "Exporting writable files is usually an error. Consider more restrictive permissions.\n" . "$here\n" . $stat_real);
 					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
 
+# check for uses of S_<PERMS> that could be octal for readability
+		while ($line =~ m{\b($multi_mode_perms_string_search)\b}g) {
+			my $oval = $1;
+			my $octal = perms_to_octal($oval);
+			if (WARN("SYMBOLIC_PERMS",
+				 "Symbolic permissions '$oval' are not preferred. Consider using octal permissions '$octal'.\n" . $herecurr) &&
+			    $fix) {
+				$fixed[$fixlinenr] =~ s/\Q$oval\E/$octal/;
+			}
+		}
+
 # 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);
@@ -5884,11 +6488,11 @@
 		exit(0);
 	}
 
-	if (!$is_patch && $file !~ /cover-letter\.patch$/) {
+	if (!$is_patch && $filename !~ /cover-letter\.patch$/) {
 		ERROR("NOT_UNIFIED_DIFF",
 		      "Does not appear to be a unified-diff format patch\n");
 	}
-	if ($is_patch && $filename ne '-' && $chk_signoff && $signoff == 0) {
+	if ($is_patch && $has_commit_log && $chk_signoff && $signoff == 0) {
 		ERROR("MISSING_SIGN_OFF",
 		      "Missing Signed-off-by: line(s)\n");
 	}
@@ -5902,6 +6506,14 @@
 	}
 
 	if ($quiet == 0) {
+		# If there were any defects found and not already fixing them
+		if (!$clean and !$fix) {
+			print << "EOM"
+
+NOTE: For some of the reported defects, checkpatch may be able to
+      mechanically convert to the typical style using --fix or --fix-inplace.
+EOM
+		}
 		# If there were whitespace errors which cleanpatch can fix
 		# then suggest that.
 		if ($rpt_cleaners) {
diff --git a/tools/checkpatch.pl-update b/tools/checkpatch.pl-update
index 1a25797..2462038 100755
--- a/tools/checkpatch.pl-update
+++ b/tools/checkpatch.pl-update
@@ -46,8 +46,9 @@
   output=$(git ls-remote --tags "${GIT_URL}")
   # Filter out rc/signed tags.
   output=$(echo "${output}" | grep -v -e '-rc' -e '\^{}')
-  # The output should be sorted already, so grab the last entry.
-  output=$(echo "${output}" | tail -1 | cut -d/ -f3)
+  # The output might not be sorted based on versions, so do so ourselves and
+  # grab the last entry.
+  output=$(echo "${output}" | cut -d/ -f3 | sort -V | tail -1)
   # Chop the leading "v" bit.
   echo "${output#v}"
 }
diff --git a/tools/spelling.txt b/tools/spelling.txt
index 946caf3..9a058cf 100644
--- a/tools/spelling.txt
+++ b/tools/spelling.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 absolut||absolute
 absoulte||absolute
 acccess||access
+acceess||access
 acceleratoin||acceleration
 accelleration||acceleration
 accesing||accessing
@@ -39,17 +40,22 @@
 acient||ancient
 acitions||actions
 acitve||active
-acknowldegement||acknowldegement
+acknowldegement||acknowledgment
 acknowledgement||acknowledgment
 ackowledge||acknowledge
 ackowledged||acknowledged
 acording||according
 activete||activate
+actived||activated
+actualy||actually
 acumulating||accumulating
+acumulator||accumulator
 adapater||adapter
 addional||additional
 additionaly||additionally
+additonal||additional
 addres||address
+adddress||address
 addreses||addresses
 addresss||address
 aditional||additional
@@ -60,16 +66,26 @@
 adresses||addresses
 adviced||advised
 afecting||affecting
+againt||against
 agaist||against
+aggreataon||aggregation
+aggreation||aggregation
 albumns||albums
 alegorical||allegorical
+algined||aligned
 algorith||algorithm
 algorithmical||algorithmically
 algoritm||algorithm
 algoritms||algorithms
 algorrithm||algorithm
 algorritm||algorithm
+aligment||alignment
+alignement||alignment
 allign||align
+alligned||aligned
+alllocate||allocate
+alloated||allocated
+allocatote||allocate
 allocatrd||allocated
 allocte||allocate
 allpication||application
@@ -84,6 +100,10 @@
 ambigious||ambiguous
 amoung||among
 amout||amount
+an union||a union
+an user||a user
+an userspace||a userspace
+an one||a one
 analysator||analyzer
 ang||and
 anniversery||anniversary
@@ -96,6 +116,7 @@
 applicaion||application
 appliction||application
 applictions||applications
+applys||applies
 appplications||applications
 appropiate||appropriate
 appropriatly||appropriately
@@ -115,6 +136,7 @@
 artifical||artificial
 artillary||artillery
 asign||assign
+asser||assert
 assertation||assertion
 assiged||assigned
 assigment||assignment
@@ -130,9 +152,11 @@
 asynchnous||asynchronous
 atomatically||automatically
 atomicly||atomically
+atempt||attempt
 attachement||attachment
 attched||attached
 attemps||attempts
+attemping||attempting
 attruibutes||attributes
 authentification||authentication
 automaticaly||automatically
@@ -152,6 +176,7 @@
 availavility||availability
 availble||available
 availiable||available
+availible||available
 avalable||available
 avaliable||available
 aysnc||async
@@ -163,6 +188,7 @@
 baloon||balloon
 baloons||balloons
 bandwith||bandwidth
+banlance||balance
 batery||battery
 beacuse||because
 becasue||because
@@ -183,13 +209,18 @@
 cacluated||calculated
 caculation||calculation
 calender||calendar
+calescing||coalescing
 calle||called
+callibration||calibration
 calucate||calculate
 calulate||calculate
 cancelation||cancellation
+cancle||cancel
 capabilites||capabilities
+capabilty||capability
 capabitilies||capabilities
 capatibilities||capabilities
+capapbilities||capabilities
 carefuly||carefully
 cariage||carriage
 catagory||category
@@ -198,6 +229,7 @@
 challanges||challenges
 chanell||channel
 changable||changeable
+chanined||chained
 channle||channel
 channnel||channel
 charachter||character
@@ -223,6 +255,7 @@
 clared||cleared
 closeing||closing
 clustred||clustered
+coexistance||coexistence
 collapsable||collapsible
 colorfull||colorful
 comand||command
@@ -234,6 +267,9 @@
 commiting||committing
 committ||commit
 commoditiy||commodity
+comsume||consume
+comsumer||consumer
+comsuming||consuming
 compability||compatibility
 compaibility||compatibility
 compatability||compatibility
@@ -244,9 +280,11 @@
 competion||completion
 compilant||compliant
 compleatly||completely
+completition||completion
 completly||completely
 complient||compliant
 componnents||components
+compoment||component
 compres||compress
 compresion||compression
 comression||compression
@@ -254,9 +292,12 @@
 conbination||combination
 conditionaly||conditionally
 conected||connected
+connecetd||connected
+configuartion||configuration
 configuratoin||configuration
 configuraton||configuration
 configuretion||configuration
+configutation||configuration
 conider||consider
 conjuction||conjunction
 connectinos||connections
@@ -269,15 +310,19 @@
 contaisn||contains
 contant||contact
 contence||contents
+continious||continuous
 continous||continuous
 continously||continuously
 continueing||continuing
 contraints||constraints
+contol||control
+contoller||controller
 controled||controlled
 controler||controller
 controll||control
 contruction||construction
 contry||country
+conuntry||country
 convertion||conversion
 convertor||converter
 convienient||convenient
@@ -287,16 +332,19 @@
 correponds||corresponds
 correspoding||corresponding
 cotrol||control
+cound||could
 couter||counter
 coutner||counter
 cryptocraphic||cryptographic
 cunter||counter
 curently||currently
+cylic||cyclic
 dafault||default
 deafult||default
 deamon||daemon
 decompres||decompress
 decription||description
+dectected||detected
 defailt||default
 defferred||deferred
 definate||definite
@@ -305,18 +353,24 @@
 defintions||definitions
 defualt||default
 defult||default
+deintializing||deinitializing
+deintialize||deinitialize
+deintialized||deinitialized
 deivce||device
 delared||declared
 delare||declare
 delares||declares
 delaring||declaring
 delemiter||delimiter
+demodualtor||demodulator
+demension||dimension
 dependancies||dependencies
 dependancy||dependency
 dependant||dependent
 depreacted||deprecated
 depreacte||deprecate
 desactivate||deactivate
+desciptor||descriptor
 desciptors||descriptors
 descripton||description
 descrition||description
@@ -324,11 +378,13 @@
 desctiptor||descriptor
 desriptor||descriptor
 desriptors||descriptors
+destionation||destination
 destory||destroy
 destoryed||destroyed
 destorys||destroys
 destroied||destroyed
 detabase||database
+deteced||detected
 develope||develop
 developement||development
 developped||developed
@@ -343,12 +399,18 @@
 didnt||didn't
 diferent||different
 differrence||difference
+diffrent||different
+diffrentiate||differentiate
 difinition||definition
+dimesions||dimensions
 diplay||display
 direectly||directly
+disassocation||disassociation
 disapear||disappear
 disapeared||disappeared
 disappared||disappeared
+disble||disable
+disbled||disabled
 disconnet||disconnect
 discontinous||discontinuous
 dispertion||dispersion
@@ -369,18 +431,23 @@
 ecspecially||especially
 edditable||editable
 editting||editing
+efective||effective
 efficently||efficiently
 ehther||ether
 eigth||eight
+elementry||elementary
 eletronic||electronic
+embeded||embedded
 enabledi||enabled
 enchanced||enhanced
 encorporating||incorporating
 encrupted||encrypted
 encrypiton||encryption
+encryptio||encryption
 endianess||endianness
 enhaced||enhanced
 enlightnment||enlightenment
+entrys||entries
 enocded||encoded
 enterily||entirely
 enviroiment||environment
@@ -392,12 +459,14 @@
 equivelant||equivalent
 equivilant||equivalent
 eror||error
+errorr||error
 estbalishment||establishment
 etsablishment||establishment
 etsbalishment||establishment
 excecutable||executable
 exceded||exceeded
 excellant||excellent
+exeed||exceed
 existance||existence
 existant||existent
 exixt||exist
@@ -408,6 +477,7 @@
 explicite||explicit
 explicitely||explicitly
 explict||explicit
+explictely||explicitly
 explictly||explicitly
 expresion||expression
 exprimental||experimental
@@ -415,12 +485,18 @@
 extensability||extensibility
 extention||extension
 extracter||extractor
+falied||failed
 faild||failed
 faill||fail
+failied||failed
+faillure||failure
 failue||failure
 failuer||failure
+failng||failing
 faireness||fairness
+falied||failed
 faliure||failure
+fallbck||fallback
 familar||familiar
 fatser||faster
 feauture||feature
@@ -428,6 +504,8 @@
 fetaure||feature
 fetaures||features
 fileystem||filesystem
+fimware||firmware
+firware||firmware
 finanize||finalize
 findn||find
 finilizes||finalizes
@@ -435,11 +513,14 @@
 flusing||flushing
 folloing||following
 followign||following
+followings||following
 follwing||following
+fonud||found
 forseeable||foreseeable
 forse||force
 fortan||fortran
 forwardig||forwarding
+framming||framing
 framwork||framework
 frequncy||frequency
 frome||from
@@ -458,12 +539,14 @@
 futrue||future
 gaurenteed||guaranteed
 generiously||generously
+genereate||generate
 genric||generic
 globel||global
 grabing||grabbing
 grahical||graphical
 grahpical||graphical
 grapic||graphic
+grranted||granted
 guage||gauge
 guarenteed||guaranteed
 guarentee||guarantee
@@ -475,12 +558,16 @@
 harware||hardware
 heirarchically||hierarchically
 helpfull||helpful
+hybernate||hibernate
 hierachy||hierarchy
 hierarchie||hierarchy
 howver||however
 hsould||should
+hypervior||hypervisor
 hypter||hyper
 identidier||identifier
+iligal||illegal
+illigal||illegal
 imblance||imbalance
 immeadiately||immediately
 immedaite||immediate
@@ -494,16 +581,19 @@
 implementaiton||implementation
 implementated||implemented
 implemention||implementation
+implementd||implemented
 implemetation||implementation
 implemntation||implementation
 implentation||implementation
 implmentation||implementation
 implmenting||implementing
+incative||inactive
 incomming||incoming
 incompatabilities||incompatibilities
 incompatable||incompatible
 inconsistant||inconsistent
 increas||increase
+incremeted||incremented
 incrment||increment
 indendation||indentation
 indended||intended
@@ -511,6 +601,7 @@
 independantly||independently
 independed||independent
 indiate||indicate
+indicat||indicate
 inexpect||inexpected
 infomation||information
 informatiom||information
@@ -519,11 +610,13 @@
 infromation||information
 ingore||ignore
 inital||initial
+initalized||initialized
 initalised||initialized
 initalise||initialize
 initalize||initialize
 initation||initiation
 initators||initiators
+initialiazation||initialization
 initializiation||initialization
 initialzed||initialized
 initilization||initialization
@@ -531,6 +624,7 @@
 inofficial||unofficial
 insititute||institute
 instal||install
+instanciated||instantiated
 inteface||interface
 integreated||integrated
 integrety||integrity
@@ -544,6 +638,7 @@
 intermittant||intermittent
 internel||internal
 interoprability||interoperability
+interuupt||interrupt
 interrface||interface
 interrrupt||interrupt
 interrup||interrupt
@@ -552,20 +647,30 @@
 interupted||interrupted
 interupt||interrupt
 intial||initial
+intialisation||initialisation
+intialised||initialised
+intialise||initialise
+intialization||initialization
 intialized||initialized
 intialize||initialize
 intregral||integral
 intrrupt||interrupt
+intterrupt||interrupt
 intuative||intuitive
 invaid||invalid
-invalde||invald
+invald||invalid
+invalde||invalid
 invalide||invalid
+invalidiate||invalidate
+invalud||invalid
 invididual||individual
 invokation||invocation
 invokations||invocations
 irrelevent||irrelevant
 isnt||isn't
 isssue||issue
+iternations||iterations
+itertation||iteration
 itslef||itself
 jave||java
 jeffies||jiffies
@@ -618,18 +723,27 @@
 messgaes||messages
 messsage||message
 messsages||messages
+micropone||microphone
 microprocesspr||microprocessor
 milliseonds||milliseconds
+minium||minimum
+minimam||minimum
 minumum||minimum
+misalinged||misaligned
 miscelleneous||miscellaneous
 misformed||malformed
 mispelled||misspelled
 mispelt||misspelt
+mising||missing
+mismactch||mismatch
+missmanaged||mismanaged
+missmatch||mismatch
 miximum||maximum
 mmnemonic||mnemonic
 mnay||many
-modeled||modelled
 modulues||modules
+momery||memory
+memomry||memory
 monochorome||monochrome
 monochromo||monochrome
 monocrome||monochrome
@@ -640,6 +754,7 @@
 multple||multiple
 mumber||number
 muticast||multicast
+mutilcast||multicast
 mutiple||multiple
 mutli||multi
 nams||names
@@ -649,6 +764,7 @@
 neccesary||necessary
 neccessary||necessary
 necesary||necessary
+neded||needed
 negaive||negative
 negoitation||negotiation
 negotation||negotiation
@@ -668,8 +784,11 @@
 occured||occurred
 occurence||occurrence
 occure||occurred
+occured||occurred
 occuring||occurring
 offet||offset
+omited||omitted
+omiting||omitting
 omitt||omit
 ommiting||omitting
 ommitted||omitted
@@ -681,13 +800,19 @@
 optmizations||optimizations
 orientatied||orientated
 orientied||oriented
+orignal||original
 otherise||otherwise
 ouput||output
+oustanding||outstanding
 overaall||overall
 overhread||overhead
 overlaping||overlapping
+overide||override
+overrided||overridden
 overriden||overridden
 overun||overrun
+overwritting||overwriting
+overwriten||overwritten
 pacakge||package
 pachage||package
 packacge||package
@@ -698,6 +823,7 @@
 pallette||palette
 paln||plan
 paramameters||parameters
+paramaters||parameters
 paramater||parameter
 parametes||parameters
 parametised||parametrised
@@ -705,6 +831,7 @@
 paramters||parameters
 particuarly||particularly
 particularily||particularly
+partiton||partition
 pased||passed
 passin||passing
 pathes||paths
@@ -718,17 +845,21 @@
 peroid||period
 persistance||persistence
 persistant||persistent
+plalform||platform
 platfrom||platform
 plattform||platform
 pleaes||please
 ploting||plotting
 plugable||pluggable
 poinnter||pointer
+pointeur||pointer
 poiter||pointer
 posible||possible
 positon||position
 possibilites||possibilities
 powerfull||powerful
+preample||preamble
+preapre||prepare
 preceeded||preceded
 preceeding||preceding
 preceed||precede
@@ -752,6 +883,7 @@
 proccesors||processors
 procesed||processed
 proces||process
+procesing||processing
 processessing||processing
 processess||processes
 processpr||processor
@@ -780,11 +912,13 @@
 protcol||protocol
 protecion||protection
 protocoll||protocol
+promixity||proximity
 psudo||pseudo
 psuedo||pseudo
 psychadelic||psychedelic
 pwoer||power
 quering||querying
+randomally||randomly
 raoming||roaming
 reasearcher||researcher
 reasearchers||researchers
@@ -801,6 +935,7 @@
 recyle||recycle
 redircet||redirect
 redirectrion||redirection
+reename||rename
 refcounf||refcount
 refence||reference
 refered||referred
@@ -811,8 +946,10 @@
 refrence||reference
 registerd||registered
 registeresd||registered
+registerred||registered
 registes||registers
 registraration||registration
+regsiter||register
 regster||register
 regualar||regular
 reguator||regulator
@@ -830,6 +967,7 @@
 reponse||response
 representaion||representation
 reqeust||request
+requestied||requested
 requiere||require
 requirment||requirement
 requred||required
@@ -837,6 +975,7 @@
 requst||request
 reseting||resetting
 resizeable||resizable
+resouce||resource
 resouces||resources
 resoures||resources
 responce||response
@@ -852,6 +991,7 @@
 reuest||request
 reuqest||request
 reutnred||returned
+revsion||revision
 rmeoved||removed
 rmeove||remove
 rmeoves||removes
@@ -923,6 +1063,7 @@
 spinock||spinlock
 splitted||split
 spreaded||spread
+spurrious||spurious
 sructure||structure
 stablilization||stabilization
 staically||statically
@@ -937,14 +1078,18 @@
 struc||struct
 structres||structures
 stuct||struct
+strucuture||structure
 stucture||structure
 sturcture||structure
 subdirectoires||subdirectories
 suble||subtle
 substract||subtract
+submition||submission
 succesfully||successfully
 succesful||successful
+successed||succeeded
 successfull||successful
+successfuly||successfully
 sucessfully||successfully
 sucess||success
 superflous||superfluous
@@ -952,21 +1097,33 @@
 suplied||supplied
 suported||supported
 suport||support
+supportet||supported
 suppored||supported
 supportin||supporting
 suppoted||supported
 suppported||supported
 suppport||support
 supress||suppress
+surpressed||suppressed
 surpresses||suppresses
 susbsystem||subsystem
+suspeneded||suspended
 suspicously||suspiciously
 swaping||swapping
 switchs||switches
+swith||switch
+swithable||switchable
+swithc||switch
+swithced||switched
+swithcing||switching
+swithed||switched
+swithing||switching
+swtich||switch
 symetric||symmetric
 synax||syntax
 synchonized||synchronized
 syncronize||synchronize
+syncronized||synchronized
 syncronizing||synchronizing
 syncronus||synchronous
 syste||system
@@ -978,49 +1135,71 @@
 teh||the
 temorary||temporary
 temproarily||temporarily
+therfore||therefore
 thier||their
 threds||threads
 threshhold||threshold
+thresold||threshold
 throught||through
+troughput||throughput
 thses||these
 tiggered||triggered
 tipically||typically
+timout||timeout
 tmis||this
 torerable||tolerable
 tramsmitted||transmitted
 tramsmit||transmit
+tranasction||transaction
 tranfer||transfer
 transciever||transceiver
-transferd||transferrd
+transferd||transferred
 transfered||transferred
 transfering||transferring
 transision||transition
 transmittd||transmitted
 transormed||transformed
+trasfer||transfer
 trasmission||transmission
 treshold||threshold
 trigerring||triggering
 trun||turn
+tunning||tuning
 ture||true
 tyep||type
 udpate||update
 uesd||used
+uncommited||uncommitted
 unconditionaly||unconditionally
 underun||underrun
 unecessary||unnecessary
 unexecpted||unexpected
+unexepected||unexpected
+unexpcted||unexpected
 unexpectd||unexpected
 unexpeted||unexpected
+unexpexted||unexpected
 unfortunatelly||unfortunately
 unifiy||unify
 unintialized||uninitialized
+unkmown||unknown
 unknonw||unknown
 unknow||unknown
 unkown||unknown
+unneded||unneeded
+unneccecary||unnecessary
+unneccesary||unnecessary
+unneccessary||unnecessary
+unnecesary||unnecessary
 unneedingly||unnecessarily
+unnsupported||unsupported
+unmached||unmatched
+unregester||unregister
 unresgister||unregister
+unrgesiter||unregister
 unsinged||unsigned
 unstabel||unstable
+unsolicitied||unsolicited
 unsuccessfull||unsuccessful
 unsuported||unsupported
 untill||until
@@ -1041,6 +1220,7 @@
 vaild||valid
 valide||valid
 variantions||variations
+varible||variable
 varient||variant
 vaule||value
 verbse||verbose
@@ -1053,7 +1233,9 @@
 virtiual||virtual
 visiters||visitors
 vitual||virtual
+wakeus||wakeups
 wating||waiting
+wiat||wait
 wether||whether
 whataver||whatever
 whcih||which