Re: [PATCH v1 4/5] scripts: checkpatch.pl: don't complain that debian/rules is executable

From: Joe Perches
Date: Fri Mar 08 2019 - 09:13:58 EST


On Fri, 2019-03-08 at 13:44 +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
> checkpatch.pl complains when adding executable "debian/rules",
> obviously a false alarm. Therefore add an exception for that.

This is predicated on a debian/ directory actually being added
to the generic kernel tree.

I'm not sure that's a good idea.

As debian/ does not currently exist in the generic kernel source,
I think this can be kept locally in their tree if they choose.

> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
[]
> @@ -2576,6 +2576,7 @@ sub process {
> if ($line =~ /^new (file )?mode.*[7531]\d{0,2}$/) {
> my $permhere = $here . "FILE: $realfile\n";
> if ($realfile !~ m@scripts/@ &&
> + $realfile !~ "debian/rules" &&
> $realfile !~ /\.(py|pl|awk|sh)$/) {
> ERROR("EXECUTE_PERMISSIONS",
> "do not set execute permissions for source files\n" . $permhere);