linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 4/5] scripts: checkpatch.pl: don't complain that debian/rules is executable

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Date:   Fri, 08 Mar 2019 06:13:52 -0800
From:   Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
To:     "Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult" <info@...ux.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com, michal.lkml@...kovi.net,
        apw@...onical.com, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 4/5] scripts: checkpatch.pl: don't complain that
 debian/rules is executable

On Fri, 2019-03-08 at 13:44 +0100, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT consult wrote:
> checkpatch.pl complains when adding executable "debian/rules",
> obviously a false alarm. Therefore add an exception for that.

This is predicated on a debian/ directory actually being added
to the generic kernel tree.

I'm not sure that's a good idea.

As debian/ does not currently exist in the generic kernel source,
I think this can be kept locally in their tree if they choose.

> diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
[]
> @@ -2576,6 +2576,7 @@ sub process {
>  		if ($line =~ /^new (file )?mode.*[7531]\d{0,2}$/) {
>  			my $permhere = $here . "FILE: $realfile\n";
>  			if ($realfile !~ m@...ipts/@ &&
> +			    $realfile !~ "debian/rules" &&
>  			    $realfile !~ /\.(py|pl|awk|sh)$/) {
>  				ERROR("EXECUTE_PERMISSIONS",
>  				      "do not set execute permissions for source files\n" . $permhere);