foreach my $file (@ARGV) {
next if $file =~ "include/linux/version\.h";
open( my $f, '<', $file )
or die "Can't open $file: $!\n";
my ($fInComment, $fInString, $fUseVersion);
$fInComment && (s+^.*?\*/+ +o ? ($fInComment = 0) : next);
m+/\*+o && (s+/\*.*?\*/+ +go, (s+/\*.*$+ +o && ($fInComment = 1)));
$iLinuxVersion = $. if m/^\s*#\s*include\s*"linux\/version\.h"/o;
$fInString && (s+^.*?"+ +o ? ($fInString = 0) : next);
m+"+o && (s+".*?"+ +go, (s+".*$+ +o && ($fInString = 1)));
$iLinuxVersion = $. if m/^\s*#\s*include\s*<linux\/version\.h>/o;
# Look for uses: LINUX_VERSION_CODE, KERNEL_VERSION, UTS_RELEASE
if (($_ =~ /LINUX_VERSION_CODE/) || ($_ =~ /\WKERNEL_VERSION/)) {
# Report used version IDs without include?
if ($fUseVersion && ! $iLinuxVersion) {
print "$file: $.: need linux/version.h\n";
# Report superfluous includes.
if ($iLinuxVersion && ! $fUseVersion) {
print "$file: $iLinuxVersion linux/version.h not needed.\n";
# debug: report OK results:
if ($iLinuxVersion && $fUseVersion) {