diff options
| author | Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> | 2018-08-21 21:58:01 -0700 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2018-08-22 10:52:48 -0700 |
| commit | 490b292c834c5e72057f4315ef915692cbd6defd (patch) | |
| tree | 2496c8136da8dcb065f3825722cbac3a15ac4bfe /scripts | |
| parent | 60f890105547f7a48ea1d67c5ae69966c7245b23 (diff) | |
| download | lwn-490b292c834c5e72057f4315ef915692cbd6defd.tar.gz lwn-490b292c834c5e72057f4315ef915692cbd6defd.zip | |
checkpatch: warn when a patch doesn't have a description
Potential patches should have a commit description. Emit a warning when
there isn't one.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: s/else if/elsif/]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1b099f4d8373aa583a17011992676bf0f3f09eee.camel@perches.com
Signed-off-by: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Suggested-by: Prakruthi Deepak Heragu <pheragu@codeaurora.org>
Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'scripts')
| -rwxr-xr-x | scripts/checkpatch.pl | 13 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl index b5eade941f4a..25adf9811a2c 100755 --- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl +++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl @@ -2253,6 +2253,7 @@ sub process { my $in_header_lines = $file ? 0 : 1; my $in_commit_log = 0; #Scanning lines before patch my $has_commit_log = 0; #Encountered lines before patch + my $commit_log_lines = 0; #Number of commit log lines my $commit_log_possible_stack_dump = 0; my $commit_log_long_line = 0; my $commit_log_has_diff = 0; @@ -2510,6 +2511,18 @@ sub process { $cnt_lines++ if ($realcnt != 0); +# Verify the existence of a commit log if appropriate +# 2 is used because a $signature is counted in $commit_log_lines + if ($in_commit_log) { + if ($line !~ /^\s*$/) { + $commit_log_lines++; #could be a $signature + } + } elsif ($has_commit_log && $commit_log_lines < 2) { + WARN("COMMIT_MESSAGE", + "Missing commit description - Add an appropriate one\n"); + $commit_log_lines = 2; #warn only once + } + # Check if the commit log has what seems like a diff which can confuse patch if ($in_commit_log && !$commit_log_has_diff && (($line =~ m@^\s+diff\b.*a/[\w/]+@ && |