linux-kernel - [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: be more specific about what is wrong with Kconfig help

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Message-Id: <1296475251-6470-1-git-send-email-tomas.winkler@intel.com>
Date:	Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:00:51 +0200
From:	Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
To:	Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH] checkpatch.pl: be more specific about what is wrong with Kconfig help

explain that Kconfig help paragraphs is expected to be at least 4 lines
long

Cc: Andy Whitcroft <apw@...onical.com>
Signed-off-by: Tomas Winkler <tomas.winkler@...el.com>
---
 scripts/checkpatch.pl |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/checkpatch.pl b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
index 4c0383d..679122f 100755
--- a/scripts/checkpatch.pl
+++ b/scripts/checkpatch.pl
@@ -1452,7 +1452,9 @@ sub process {
 				}
 				$length++;
 			}
-			WARN("please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully\n" . $herecurr) if ($is_end && $length < 4);
+			if ($is_end && $length < 4) {
+				WARN("please write a paragraph that describes the config symbol fully, at least 4 lines\n" . $herecurr);
+			}
 			#print "is_end<$is_end> length<$length>\n";
 		}
 
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