[Devel] [PATCH VZ9/VZ10 1/2] checkpatch: Drop COPYING file check

[Konstantin Khorenko]

i won't take this patch, i have fixed the infrastructure script to keep COPYING file with the proper name.

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Best regards,

Konstantin Khorenko,
Virtuozzo Linux Kernel Team

On 5/29/26 12:14, Vladimir Riabchun wrote:
> This useful script first ensures that we are in the right place
> by checking files.
> Our COPYING file has a version-dependent suffix, so drop this check.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Vladimir Riabchun <vladimir.riabchun at virtuozzo.com>
> ---
>  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 4427572b2477..a371a9cef46a 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@ sub top_of_kernel_tree {
>  	my ($root) = @_;
>  
>  	my @tree_check = (
> -		"COPYING", "CREDITS", "Kbuild", "MAINTAINERS", "Makefile",
> +		"CREDITS", "Kbuild", "MAINTAINERS", "Makefile",
>  		"README", "Documentation", "arch", "include", "drivers",
>  		"fs", "init", "ipc", "kernel", "lib", "scripts",
>  	);