1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index f40a81f24d43..5424134e201d 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3271,6 +3271,12 @@ sub process {
 			}
 		}
 
+# check for embedded filenames
+		if ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\Q$realfile\E/) {
+			WARN("EMBEDDED_FILENAME",
+			     "It's generally not useful to have the filename in the file\n" . $herecurr);
+		}
+
 # check we are in a valid source file if not then ignore this hunk
 		next if ($realfile !~ /\.(h|c|s|S|sh|dtsi|dts)$/);