[PATCH v1] checkpatch: allow build files to reference other build files

From: Will McVicker
Date: Fri Jan 12 2024 - 13:34:46 EST


Add an exception to the EMBEDDED_FILENAME warning for build files. This
fixes the below warnings where the Kconfig and Makefile files reference
other similarly named build files.

WARNING:EMBEDDED_FILENAME: It's generally not useful to have the
filename in the file
#24: FILE: Kconfig:34:
+source "drivers/willmcvicker/Kconfig"

WARNING:EMBEDDED_FILENAME: It's generally not useful to have the
filename in the file
#36: FILE: Makefile:667:
+ } > Makefile

Signed-off-by: Will McVicker <willmcvicker@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/checkpatch.pl | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index f8343b34a28b..62939f5800cf 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -3785,7 +3785,9 @@ sub process {
}

# check for embedded filenames
- if ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\b\Q$realfile\E\b/) {
+ if ($rawline =~ /^\+.*\b\Q$realfile\E\b/ &&
+ $realfile !~ /Kconfig.*/ &&
+ $realfile !~ /Makefile.*/) {
WARN("EMBEDDED_FILENAME",
"It's generally not useful to have the filename in the file\n" . $herecurr);
}

base-commit: 70d201a40823acba23899342d62bc2644051ad2e
--
2.43.0.275.g3460e3d667-goog