Re: [PATCH v3] checkpatch: Fix checks for Kconfig help text

From: Leo Yan
Date: Thu Dec 21 2017 - 03:39:25 EST


On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 04:48:01PM +0800, Leo Yan wrote:
> If one patch has Kconfig section, the check script variable '$is_start'
> will be set by first 'config' line and the variable '$is_end' is to be
> set by the second 'config' line. But patches often has only one
> 'config' line so we have no chance to set '$is_end', as result below
> condition is invalid and it skips check for Kconfig description:
>
> if ($is_start && $is_end && $length < $min_conf_desc_length) {
> ......
> }
>
> When script runs to this condition sentence it means the Kconfig
> section parsing has been completed, whatever '$is_end' is true
> or not. So removes '$is_end' from condition sentence.

Gentle ping.

> Signed-off-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> scripts/checkpatch.pl | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> index 95cda3e..6050323 100755
> --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> @@ -2796,7 +2796,7 @@ sub process {
> }
> $length++;
> }
> - if ($is_start && $is_end && $length < $min_conf_desc_length) {
> + if ($is_start && $length < $min_conf_desc_length) {
> WARN("CONFIG_DESCRIPTION",
> "please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr);
> }
> --
> 2.7.4
>