[PATCH v2 2/5] checkpatch: don't sanitise quotes in Kconfig files

From: Robert Elliott
Date: Tue Nov 22 2022 - 20:14:15 EST


If Kconfig help text contains a single quote (e.g., can't),
checkpatch replaces all characters with X until another quote
appears in some later help text. This interferes with processing
keywords.

Don't sanitise lines if the file is a Kconfig file.

Signed-off-by: Robert Elliott <elliott@xxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 12 +++++++++---
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 1d9e563e768a..c907d5cf0ac8 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -2715,9 +2715,15 @@ sub process {
sanitise_line_reset($in_comment);

} elsif ($realcnt && $rawline =~ /^(?:\+| |$)/) {
- # Standardise the strings and chars within the input to
- # simplify matching -- only bother with positive lines.
- $line = sanitise_line($rawline);
+ if (($realfile =~ /Kconfig/) ||
+ (!$is_patch && $filename =~ /Kconfig/)) {
+ # Kconfig help text is free to use unmatched quotes
+ $line = $rawline;
+ } else {
+ # Standardise the strings and chars within the input to
+ # simplify matching -- only bother with positive lines.
+ $line = sanitise_line($rawline);
+ }
}
push(@lines, $line);

--
2.38.1