From a13858033a3a993147d190317cc9d709f0a1b819 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andy Whitcroft Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:10:03 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch: only apply kconfig help checks for options which prompt The intent of this check is to catch the options which the user will see and ensure they are properly described. It is also common for internal only options to have a brief description. Allow this form. Reported-by: Steven Rostedt Tested-by: Steven Rostedt Signed-off-by: Andy Whitcroft Cc: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- scripts/checkpatch.pl | 17 ++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index 618c0b5..d8ac16a 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -1674,19 +1674,26 @@ sub process { # Only applies when adding the entry originally, after that we do not have # sufficient context to determine whether it is indeed long enough. if ($realfile =~ /Kconfig/ && - $line =~ /\+\s*(?:---)?help(?:---)?$/) { + $line =~ /.\s*config\s+/) { my $length = 0; my $cnt = $realcnt; my $ln = $linenr + 1; my $f; + my $is_start = 0; my $is_end = 0; - while ($cnt > 0 && defined $lines[$ln - 1]) { + for (; $cnt > 0 && defined $lines[$ln - 1]; $ln++) { $f = $lines[$ln - 1]; $cnt-- if ($lines[$ln - 1] !~ /^-/); $is_end = $lines[$ln - 1] =~ /^\+/; - $ln++; next if ($f =~ /^-/); + + if ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /.\s*(?:bool|tristate)\s*\"/) { + $is_start = 1; + } elsif ($lines[$ln - 1] =~ /.\s*(?:---)?help(?:---)?$/) { + $length = -1; + } + $f =~ s/^.//; $f =~ s/#.*//; $f =~ s/^\s+//; @@ -1698,8 +1705,8 @@ sub process { $length++; } WARN("CONFIG_DESCRIPTION", - "please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr) if ($is_end && $length < 4); - #print "is_end<$is_end> length<$length>\n"; + "please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr) if ($is_start && $is_end && $length < 4); + #print "is_start<$is_start> is_end<$is_end> length<$length>\n"; } if (($realfile =~ /Makefile.*/ || $realfile =~ /Kbuild.*/) && -- 2.7.4