checkpatch: fix SPDX license check with --root=<path>
authorJoe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Wed, 22 Aug 2018 04:58:04 +0000 (21:58 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:52:49 +0000 (10:52 -0700)
commit56294112791ac11c6fcdc6544f1381f9272202db
tree8ce70b62ed30406ba7d32700d7cf30800f54ec5c
parent490b292c834c5e72057f4315ef915692cbd6defd
checkpatch: fix SPDX license check with --root=<path>

checkpatch uses the in-kernel script spdxcheck.py to validate the specific
license in a file or script.

This check can currently fail for a couple reasons:

o spdxcheck.py assumes the existence of git tree that may not
  exist for a bare source tree from something like a tarball
o the spdxcheck.py must be run from the top level root directory

So add a git existence test and set the subprocess subdirectory.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/2b32864324ae9c92948b002ec4c0c22409ed98f1.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Reported-by: Charlemagne Lasse <charlemagnelasse@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Charlemagne Lasse <charlemagnelasse@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
scripts/checkpatch.pl