--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl~checkpatch-check-spdx-tags-in-yaml-files +++ a/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -3106,7 +3106,7 @@ sub process { $comment = '/*'; } elsif ($realfile =~ /\.(c|dts|dtsi)$/) { $comment = '//'; - } elsif (($checklicenseline == 2) || $realfile =~ /\.(sh|pl|py|awk|tc)$/) { + } elsif (($checklicenseline == 2) || $realfile =~ /\.(sh|pl|py|awk|tc|yaml)$/) { $comment = '#'; } elsif ($realfile =~ /\.rst$/) { $comment = '..';