linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: Add a warning for log messages that don't end in a new line

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Date:   Sun, 26 Nov 2017 21:00:36 -0700
From:   Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>
To:     Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>, Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] checkpatch: Add a warning for log messages that don't
 end in a new line

On 26/11/17 03:29 PM, Joe Perches wrote:
> This proposal has a very high false positive rate.

The only actual false positive you've pointed out is the one that is
just incorrect in the wrong way (the author should have used a KERN_CONT
but did not). I could easily do something similar to what Julia proposes
and produce a different warning if the string ends in a space. But I
don't see any bullet proof way for any script to deduce what the author
actually meant.

> Keep at it though.
> Maybe something useful will be produced with more effort.

Unless there's more actually constructive criticism I don't think I'll
be getting any further with this.

Logan