linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fix minor problems in checkpatch.pl-next

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Message-ID: <20071011143216.GD3376@shadowen.org>
Date:	Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:32:16 +0100
From:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...dowen.org>
To:	"Mike D. Day" <ncmike@...ibm.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Erez Zadok <ezk@...sunysb.edu>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fix minor problems in checkpatch.pl-next

On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 08:28:00AM -0400, Mike D. Day wrote:
> When forming the prefix to output error msgs in gnu gcc format, the
> lack of a type ($ or @) when referencing ARGV causes error messages.
> 
> When invoked to check source files, the linenumber was off by +3 in
> the gcc format output.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike D. Day <ncmike@...ltra.org>
> 
> --- checkpatch.pl-next	2007-10-11 07:28:41.000000000 -0400
> +++ /home/mdday/bin/checkpatch	2007-10-11 08:16:07.000000000 -0400
> @@ -452,7 +452,6 @@
> 
> 		my $rawline = $line;
> 
> -		$prefix = "ARGV:$linenr: " if ($emacs);
> 
> #extract the filename as it passes
> 		if ($line=~/^\+\+\+\s+(\S+)/) {
> @@ -517,6 +516,9 @@
> 		my $herecurr = "$here\n$line\n";
> 		my $hereprev = "$here\n$prevline\n$line\n";
> 
> +		$prefix = "@ARGV:$realline: " if ($emacs && $file);
> +		$prefix = "@ARGV:$linenr: " if ($emacs && !$file);
> +
> #check the patch for a signoff:
> 		if ($line =~ /^\s*signed-off-by:/i) {
> 			# This is a signoff, if ugly, so do not double 
> 			report.

Hmmm, dunno how this one ever was visible?  Some error on my part.  That
line now shows $filename rather than ARGV.  

I see you have different line numbers depending on whether this is a
file or diff.  Would you ever pass in a plain diff in emacs mode, and
what would the line number mean.

-apw
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