linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Add check for too short Kconfig descriptions

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Message-ID: <4BAA0598.9000906@imap.cc>
Date:	Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:29:12 +0100
From:	Tilman Schmidt <tilman@...p.cc>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, apw@...onical.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] checkpatch: Add check for too short Kconfig descriptions

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Am 2010-03-20 19:03 schrieb Andi Kleen:
> On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 06:24:45PM +0100, Tilman Schmidt wrote:
>> Am 2010-03-20 15:07 schrieb Andi Kleen:
>>> The warning merely is intended to get people to think
>>> about that. Yes it cannot enforce it directly.
>>
>> Then change the wording, at least. With the current wording, people will
>> think, "But I did!", and complain about a false positive on LKML, where
>> they will be annoyed to learn that checkpatch.pl's criterion for
>> "describing fully" is "having at least four lines".
> 
> Change to what?  If you have a better suggestion I can change it.

My suggestion:

- -+			WARN("please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr) if ($length < 4);
++			WARN("Less than four lines of help text -- consider adding more detail\n" . $herecurr) if ($length < 4);

>>
>> I'm not thinking of circumvention, but of well-meaning authors writing
>> long explanations that describe everything the author found worth
>> mentioning, but still don't answer the essential question: "Should I
>> select that option?" In fact, most of the unhelpful Kconfig help texts
>> I've encountered where longer than four lines. :-)
> 
> I don't disagree that longer help texts can be unhelpful too,
> but at least there's some chance that they are. 
> 
> For a single sentence it's very unlikely ever that it's helpful.

We have to agree to disagree on that then, too.

Regards,
Tilman
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