linux/scripts/checkpatch.pl, branch v4.19-rc2

checkpatch: DT bindings should be a separate patch

2018-08-22T17:52:49Z

Devicetree bindings should be their own patch as documented in Documentation/devicetree/bindings/submitting-patches.txt section I.1. This is because bindings are logically independent from a driver implementation, they have a different maintainer (even though they often are applied via the same tree), and it makes for a cleaner history in the DT only tree created with git-filter-branch. [robh@kernel.org: add doc pointer to warning, simplify logic] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180810170513.26284-1-robh@kernel.org [robh@kernel.org: v3] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180810225049.20452-1-robh@kernel.org Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180809205032.22205-1-robh@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Rob Herring Acked-by: Joe Perches Cc: Andy Whitcroft Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: warn on unnecessary int declarations

2018-08-22T17:52:49Z

On Sun, 2018-08-05 at 08:52 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > "long unsigned int" isn't _technically_ wrong. But we normally > call that type "unsigned long". So add a checkpatch test for it. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/7bbd97dc0a1e5896a0251fada7bb68bb33643f77.camel@perches.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: check for space after "else" keyword

2018-08-22T17:52:49Z

Current checkpatch implementation permits notation like } else{ in kernel code. It looks like oversight and inconsistency in checkpatch rules (e.g. instruction like 'do' is tested). Add regex for checking space after 'else' keyword and trigger error if space is not present. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1533545753-8870-1-git-send-email-michal.zylowski@intel.com Signed-off-by: Michal Zylowski Acked-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: fix SPDX license check with --root=

2018-08-22T17:52:49Z

checkpatch uses the in-kernel script spdxcheck.py to validate the specific license in a file or script. This check can currently fail for a couple reasons: o spdxcheck.py assumes the existence of git tree that may not exist for a bare source tree from something like a tarball o the spdxcheck.py must be run from the top level root directory So add a git existence test and set the subprocess subdirectory. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/2b32864324ae9c92948b002ec4c0c22409ed98f1.camel@perches.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Reported-by: Charlemagne Lasse Tested-by: Charlemagne Lasse Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: warn when a patch doesn't have a description

2018-08-22T17:52:48Z

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 Suggested-by: Prakruthi Deepak Heragu Reviewed-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: check for #if 0/#if 1

2018-08-22T17:52:48Z

The #if 0 or #if 1 is used to toggle features. Warn if #if 0 or #if 1 is present and suggest that they can be removed. [akpm@linux-foundation.org: fix spacing around periods, per Joe\ Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1532625218-24321-1-git-send-email-pheragu@codeaurora.org Signed-off-by: Abhijeet Dharmapurikar Signed-off-by: Prakruthi Deepak Heragu Acked-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: fix krealloc reuse test

2018-08-22T17:52:48Z

The current krealloc test does not function correctly when the temporary pointer return name contains the original pointer name. Fix that by maximally matching the return pointer name and the original pointer name and doing a separate comparison of the both names. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/e617ecb8c019a9c4c56540a1bec16c8aed43a4e4.camel@perches.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Reported-by: Lars-Peter Clausen Cc: Manish Narani Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: validate SPDX license with spdxcheck.py

2018-08-22T17:52:48Z

Use the existing scripts/spdxcheck.py to validate any SPDX-License-Identifier found in line 1 or 2 of patches or files. Miscellanea: o Properly indent the existing SPDX-License-Identifier block. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/05b832407b24e0a27e419906187cd863bc1617c7.camel@perches.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Acked-by: Rob Herring Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: fix macro argument reuse test

2018-08-22T17:52:48Z

Multiple line macro definitions where the arguments are separated by line continuations can cause checkpatch to emit invalid syntax regex tests. This can occur when a single argument is modified in a part of a patch. For example: (to not add a diff in the commit message) $ ./scripts/checkpatch.pl --git db023296f0115d2fe01fdabad54678f2b806da23 Unterminated \g... pattern in regex; And, the test does not work correctly when these arguments are all new as the initial patch line addition "+" is used in the argument name. Fix this by stripping the line continuations and any "+" from the list of arguments. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/86cdb43a4db70670c102020093f7fb4eb3003e01.camel@perches.com Signed-off-by: Joe Perches Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

checkpatch: warn if missing author Signed-off-by

2018-08-22T17:52:48Z

Print a warning if none of the Signed-off-by lines cover the patch author. Non-ASCII quoted printable encoding in From: headers and (lack of) double quotes are handled. Split From: headers are not fully handled: only the first part is compared. [geert+renesas@glider.be: only encode UTF-8 quoted printable mail headers] Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180718145254.4770-1-geert+renesas@glider.be Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180712100323.26684-1-geert+renesas@glider.be Signed-off-by: Geert Uytterhoeven Acked-by: Joe Perches Acked-by: Linus Walleij Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds