RE: [PATCH] checkpatch: add warning for line space after "Fixes:" tag

[Shradha Todi]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Perches <joe@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: add warning for line space after
"Fixes:" tag
> 
> On Thu, 2021-01-28 at 20:56 +0530, Shradha Todi wrote:
> > Add a check to give warning for line break between Fixes tag
> > and signature tags as that is the commonly followed style.
> >
> > Also add a --fix option to delete space lines after "Fixes:" tag.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Lakshay Mehra <l.mehra@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Shradha Todi <shradha.t@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  scripts/checkpatch.pl | 9 +++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > index 92e888e..6c144c5 100755
> > --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
> > @@ -3027,6 +3027,15 @@ sub process {
> >  			$commit_log_long_line = 1;
> >  		}
> >
> >
> > +# Check for no line break after Fixes
> > +		if ($line =~ /^\s*Fixes:/i && $rawlines[$linenr] =~
/^\s*$/) {
> > +			if (WARN("UNNECESSARY_NEWLINE",
> > +				 "Newline is not required after Fixes:\n" .
> $herecurr) &&
> > +			    $fix) {
> > +				fix_delete_line($fixlinenr+1, $rawline);
> > +			}
> > +		}
> 
> I think this isn't necessary and $rawlines[$linenr] may be not exist.
> 

I recently submitted a patch with the fixes tag followed by a line break
and then SOB.
I received a comment saying "no line space between Fixes and SOB" [1].
So my intention of adding this was to save the maintainers time from these
silly mistakes.
Any suggestions for improving this patch? Thanks a ton for the prompt
review.
[1]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/1/6/291