From 7bd7e483c27d884c2f59e286e42623abba413f83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 15:37:44 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: make --strict the default for drivers/staging
 files and patches

Making --strict the default for staging may help some people submit
patches without obvious defects.

Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@oracle.com>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 7f309f0789a0..41ecae81de99 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2174,7 +2174,7 @@ sub process {
 		}
 
 		if ($found_file) {
-			if ($realfile =~ m@^(drivers/net/|net/)@) {
+			if ($realfile =~ m@^(?:drivers/net/|net/|drivers/staging/)@) {
 				$check = 1;
 			} else {
 				$check = $check_orig;
-- 
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